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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was so chilling for such a short novel! It was written almost 100 years ago and is still being read in schools. That’s how I heard about it, my niece is reading it in one of her classes (she’s in 9th grade) and recommended it to me. Definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat.
The whole reason of reading this short story was because I'd forgotten to bring a book with me at work so I could read during my coffee break, So a colleague of mine handed a book over & insisted on reading specifically this story in it so we could talk about it later. I did. & now I regret!
The first two pages were amusing enough, but the rest of it was a real boredom to me. God I just wanted it to be over! Thanks to my dear brain which can connect lots of things together, I could guess the "surprise point", remembering an episode of the black mirror series, long before the talkative psychopath General Zarrof could reach to the point where that naive hunter-author Rainsford could spit some bow-wow out & rise against it. And I suppose Zarrof deeply misunderstood the point of Darwin's theory when he was talking nonsenses which meant that absolutely anything is allowed for the strong to be done; which was so selfish of him!
I cannot say it was a disaster because it was not; there were some high ranked collocations to learn, but I really didn't enjoy the story as I was expecting to. I made a good skimming-practice out of it, though. But if I don't enjoy, I don't learn.
The first two pages were amusing enough, but the rest of it was a real boredom to me. God I just wanted it to be over! Thanks to my dear brain which can connect lots of things together, I could guess the "surprise point", remembering an episode of the black mirror series, long before the talkative psychopath General Zarrof could reach to the point where that naive hunter-author Rainsford could spit some bow-wow out & rise against it. And I suppose Zarrof deeply misunderstood the point of Darwin's theory when he was talking nonsenses which meant that absolutely anything is allowed for the strong to be done; which was so selfish of him!
I cannot say it was a disaster because it was not; there were some high ranked collocations to learn, but I really didn't enjoy the story as I was expecting to. I made a good skimming-practice out of it, though. But if I don't enjoy, I don't learn.
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A nicely macabre story that will make you think about the ethics of hunting, racism, and machismo. A classic.
Can't read for the first time again
I'm disappointed that I can't read this for the first time again. I was first introduced to this story in 7th grade and LOVED it. I found it very suspenseful. Alas, the story loses a lot of its suspense when one knows the plot and the ending. Still an enjoyable read, just miss my childhood innocence
I'm disappointed that I can't read this for the first time again. I was first introduced to this story in 7th grade and LOVED it. I found it very suspenseful. Alas, the story loses a lot of its suspense when one knows the plot and the ending. Still an enjoyable read, just miss my childhood innocence