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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 stars
I had to read this for my literature class and I didn't expect to like it since I'm usually not a fan of classics or suspenseful books but I was surprised that I was engulfed in this story.
I had to read this for my literature class and I didn't expect to like it since I'm usually not a fan of classics or suspenseful books but I was surprised that I was engulfed in this story.
Un magnífico cuento. ideal para una tórrida noche de verano. Un cazador, un aventurero caer de un barco y llega a una isla cuya sola cercanía basta para asustar a avezados marinos. Lo que se encuentra es el horror del siglo XX. De Verdun al Archipiélago Gulag y del nazismo a la pacífica aceptación del aborto. La negación de la dignidad del hombre. Todo puede ser justificado y racionalizado.
Y frente a ello la única respuesta posible. tan sencilla como la que da el protagonista "but they are men"
Y frente a ello la única respuesta posible. tan sencilla como la que da el protagonista "but they are men"
This is a PERFECT short story. Seriously - if you ever need an example of how to write a short story, this is it.
Only a few pages, but still manages to be exciting, nerve-wracking and astonishing. Man washed up on island realizes the urbane owner he meets is a hunter supreme who has gotten bored with animals and has moved on to the most dangerous game - humans (queue episodes in almost every action show).
I think Connell's best talent is his ability to be concise without being too sparse. The whole story feels alive, but without lengthy exposition or detail.
The story also provides an appropriately chilling villain - charming, polite and obsessed. There's a method to his madness and he doesn't descend into some mustache-twirler. Yeah, he's insane, but his insanity has his own logic that makes him all the more dangerous.
And the ending was perfect – again, saying just enough, neither too little nor too much.
Only a few pages, but still manages to be exciting, nerve-wracking and astonishing. Man washed up on island realizes the urbane owner he meets is a hunter supreme who has gotten bored with animals and has moved on to the most dangerous game - humans (queue episodes in almost every action show).
I think Connell's best talent is his ability to be concise without being too sparse. The whole story feels alive, but without lengthy exposition or detail.
The story also provides an appropriately chilling villain - charming, polite and obsessed. There's a method to his madness and he doesn't descend into some mustache-twirler. Yeah, he's insane, but his insanity has his own logic that makes him all the more dangerous.
And the ending was perfect – again, saying just enough, neither too little nor too much.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
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
Ugh, I loved it. This should have been at least 200 pages longer.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death
fast-paced