178 reviews for:

The Gold-Bug

Edgar Allan Poe

3.36 AVERAGE

hardhatscott's review

4.0

Clever treasure hunt story with a cryptology twist.

Meh.

While I get the book's importance in literature history, the exposition at the end is too much.

Her şey iyi güzel de ben anlatıcının yaptıklarına dair kanıya nasıl vardığını çözemedim. Orada bence bir kopukluk var.

“Were all the jewels of Galconda awaiting me upon my solution of this enigma, I am quite sure that I should be unable to earn them.”

Bless pre-Civil War authors for their ignorance in writing BIPOC characters, but jeez this one was hard to get past and the story itself was rather dull.
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

beccadear's review

2.0

Okay story that has several poorly aged elements.
adventurous mysterious 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
dark slow-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

the title story had a character sloowwly unwrapping his witty ass deduction over almost half of the 47 pages long story

More detective story than horror.