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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
dark
medium-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
Algo rebuscado el asunto de cómo Dupin resuelve el crimen, incluso cómo llega a "leer" la mente de su amigo. En ese sentido sí pensé: esta tontería qué.
Lo que me gustó fueron las descripciones de horror que hace Edgar Allan Poe cuando de crímenes se trata y su lenguaje, además de lo inesperado que resulta ser descubrir quién es el autor de los crímenes.
Lo que me gustó fueron las descripciones de horror que hace Edgar Allan Poe cuando de crímenes se trata y su lenguaje, además de lo inesperado que resulta ser descubrir quién es el autor de los crímenes.
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
dark
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
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
mysterious
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
I know it's a classic, but the story is a bit outlandish and Dupin, while he has some moments, comes across smug for the most part. Also, the story is less action and more Dupin and the narrator orating on what happened. Overall, interesting to see the origins of detective fiction, but overall a bit of a slog.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
pretty horrific (compliment). some people might not be down with the solution to the mystery but I really liked it. wont spoil, read it
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
I'll just come right out and say it: these are weird. You might be thinking, "Duh, it's Poe." But believe me when I say, these stories aren't Poe-weird. They're just weird.
Heralded as the first murder mysteries, The Murders in the Rue Morgue are disjointed, written like a dictionary, and unexciting. The killer almost never shows up in the story, and half the time, the killer isn't even one of the introduced suspects. It's odd and definitely not like the mystery stories we're used to today. But that's just it. Poe was trying something new and you have to give him credit for that in and of itself.
Overall, if you want to read these simply because they're the first mysteries, go right ahead! It's interesting to see how far the genre has come. But don't read these expecting genius.
Heralded as the first murder mysteries, The Murders in the Rue Morgue are disjointed, written like a dictionary, and unexciting. The killer almost never shows up in the story, and half the time, the killer isn't even one of the introduced suspects. It's odd and definitely not like the mystery stories we're used to today. But that's just it. Poe was trying something new and you have to give him credit for that in and of itself.
Overall, if you want to read these simply because they're the first mysteries, go right ahead! It's interesting to see how far the genre has come. But don't read these expecting genius.
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced