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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I’m not sure why I like this short story so much, but I really just think it’s so exciting! It’s always fun to reread this and get caught up in the action again.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Oh how I wish this short story could be an entire book. I want an expansion in the ending! I will always love this classic.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Read for school
Interesting story but a little bit gross. Read it for high school English.
a short story that honestly filled me with foreboding
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
I really liked the vibe of this! A dark and stormy night, creepy guy in a big castle all by himself, clever game that comes in threes, dark evil dread, and the ending wrapped it up nicely!
My enjoyment of this short story (or was it long enough to be a novella?) was only marred by the fact that the story is so famous that I've seen it referenced and parodied a million times. Of course, that's part of what made me want to finally read it.
First, point of clarification, I always thought the "game" in the title was the hunt. But "game" refers to the animal. As in the phrase "an elephant is a game animal"
This story was written in the 1920s and so it has that "90% of this book is a philosophy discussion that might be had on a college campus" that I'm used to from reading Golden Age Science Fiction.
Nonetheless, the story is a great one (look at all the adaptations listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Most_Dangerous_Game), especially considering the notions of hunting, manliness, etc that were common in the west in the 1920s. It's got some proper surprises and climaxes and, especially because it's a short story - I wasn't sure if it was going to have a happy ending or not. Generally, the further you get from Hollywood movie (Broadway -> regular play -> books -> novellas -> short stories) the more likely you are to find subversions of tropes, expectations, and social mores.
Pretty fast read - and recommended since everything references it (as long as you can get past the 1920s-1940s more dialog than action style).
First, point of clarification, I always thought the "game" in the title was the hunt. But "game" refers to the animal. As in the phrase "an elephant is a game animal"
This story was written in the 1920s and so it has that "90% of this book is a philosophy discussion that might be had on a college campus" that I'm used to from reading Golden Age Science Fiction.
Nonetheless, the story is a great one (look at all the adaptations listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Most_Dangerous_Game), especially considering the notions of hunting, manliness, etc that were common in the west in the 1920s. It's got some proper surprises and climaxes and, especially because it's a short story - I wasn't sure if it was going to have a happy ending or not. Generally, the further you get from Hollywood movie (Broadway -> regular play -> books -> novellas -> short stories) the more likely you are to find subversions of tropes, expectations, and social mores.
Pretty fast read - and recommended since everything references it (as long as you can get past the 1920s-1940s more dialog than action style).