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chivon's review against another edition
4.0
This was a dark, poetic, beautiful glimpse into the world of young Poe. I loved the depictions here and the journey of finding himself and his muse.
This takes on the youth of Poe as he is leaving for his studies as a young man ,18, and ventures into a world of normal morals or the grim depths of writings he loves.
The descriptions of the muse were so vivid and i loved the ghost encounters and grim details to the process of poetry and story telling.
I loved the building of some of the famous lines and poetic stances by POe.
Great Read.
This takes on the youth of Poe as he is leaving for his studies as a young man ,18, and ventures into a world of normal morals or the grim depths of writings he loves.
The descriptions of the muse were so vivid and i loved the ghost encounters and grim details to the process of poetry and story telling.
I loved the building of some of the famous lines and poetic stances by POe.
Great Read.
introverteddragonscribbles's review against another edition
5.0
Loved how a lot of the details in the story were hints towards the different things Poe wrote, and the idea of muses being living, breathing creatures. While at some points it dragged a little, but overall it was a dark and moody tale that's a perfect tribute to the king of Gothic horror.
kristalall's review against another edition
2.0
The author's note was my favorite part about this book. Overall, though, I was disappointed.
darbymm85's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-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
2.5
lindadreams's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
It's an interesting read, but it failed to grip me. I felt like something was missing, maybe I expected a more macabre book, but the only grotesque thing was Lenore. She was a great character and I enjoyed her chapters, but more than once I wanted to bash poor EAP's head in :/ he was just too frustrating for me to wholly enjoy this book.
It's an interesting read, but it failed to grip me. I felt like something was missing, maybe I expected a more macabre book, but the only grotesque thing was Lenore. She was a great character and I enjoyed her chapters, but more than once I wanted to bash poor EAP's head in :/ he was just too frustrating for me to wholly enjoy this book.
bookishtiff's review against another edition
3.0
This book is unlike anything I have ever read before in my life. Which is saying something because I've read alot of books. I originally wanted to read this book baised on the fact it was about Edgar Allan Poe and I loved it when we read his story The Raven. So natural I wanted to see what this book had in store. But before I get into the review I want to mention how beautiful this book is. The cover is haunting and the naked cover has the title pressed into it surrounded by these blood like ink splaters. This one will be a cover buy for alot of people for sure.
I really liked Edgar as a character. All he's ever wanted is to escape from his adopted father who never loved him. He spent most of his childhood writing poems of the macob. But when his muse comes to life he's terrified. I mean I would be too. I thought this was a very intresting aspect of the book. Most of the characters you developed feelings for right away. You either love them or hated them. I for sure hated his adopted father. You get to see Edgar struggle to create a life for himself and try to become accustomed to his horrific muse.
The book is told from two different points of view, Edgar and his muse Lenore. I personally liked reading both of them but his muse did creep me out.
The book also has the occasionally poem in a chapter which I thought was a nice touch to the book.
Overall the book was very dark like I expected but it wasn't dark enough to give anyone nightmares. I however wish that muses would have been explained a tad more as I was confused in some spots but other than that I enjoyed it.
I really liked Edgar as a character. All he's ever wanted is to escape from his adopted father who never loved him. He spent most of his childhood writing poems of the macob. But when his muse comes to life he's terrified. I mean I would be too. I thought this was a very intresting aspect of the book. Most of the characters you developed feelings for right away. You either love them or hated them. I for sure hated his adopted father. You get to see Edgar struggle to create a life for himself and try to become accustomed to his horrific muse.
The book is told from two different points of view, Edgar and his muse Lenore. I personally liked reading both of them but his muse did creep me out.
The book also has the occasionally poem in a chapter which I thought was a nice touch to the book.
Overall the book was very dark like I expected but it wasn't dark enough to give anyone nightmares. I however wish that muses would have been explained a tad more as I was confused in some spots but other than that I enjoyed it.
emileical's review against another edition
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book was so slow and repetitive, which was a shame because it was such an interesting concept.
zbrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Took me a while...two muses fighting over a young Poe...very dark and depressing. One thing I enjoyed were the bits of his poetry and short stories sprinkled through out the story.
someonetookit's review against another edition
3.0
ACTUAL RATING: 2.5 stars
So I went into this as a little bit of a fangirl of Poe's works and with fairly high expectations. Alas, while the story was interesting in parts, I just couldn't particularly connect with it.
On opening this novel, I was expecting a kind of romance between Poe and his muse Lenore. Instead I got a kind of whingy Poe, a fairly bland girlfriend in Elmira and Lenore being so ridiculously cryptic and needy that I initially wanted to close and DNF the book.
Around the 35-40% mark, this story stagnated hardcore and took a long while to pick up the pace again.
Although it was an adequate telling of a tale of Poe, it lacked the grit and polish that I had expected
I received an advanced reading copy from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions within are that of the author and have no been influenced by the publisher or it's affiliates
So I went into this as a little bit of a fangirl of Poe's works and with fairly high expectations. Alas, while the story was interesting in parts, I just couldn't particularly connect with it.
On opening this novel, I was expecting a kind of romance between Poe and his muse Lenore. Instead I got a kind of whingy Poe, a fairly bland girlfriend in Elmira and Lenore being so ridiculously cryptic and needy that I initially wanted to close and DNF the book.
Around the 35-40% mark, this story stagnated hardcore and took a long while to pick up the pace again.
Although it was an adequate telling of a tale of Poe, it lacked the grit and polish that I had expected
I received an advanced reading copy from Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions within are that of the author and have no been influenced by the publisher or it's affiliates
read_withtay's review against another edition
3.0
3/5 stars.
QUICK THOUGHTS:
• I was intrigued by this title and I don’t actually know too much about Edgar Allen Poe but I like historical fiction so I tried this.
• This book was ok. Not bad but not my favorite. I thought the idea of personification of his muse was certainly a unique point and it was actually cool to see how it played out.
• I can’t really attest to how historically accurate it is but it’s a work of fiction, though I recognized some of the characters in it! It was neat to see how he was portrayed as a teenager and what he went through.
• I enjoyed the snippets of poetry even though poetry also isn’t my thing. It was neat to see it woven into the story and how the muse worked with the development of the poetry.
• I don’t know what it was missing but it just wasn’t my favorite. Maybe because I read a really awesome book before this and then this wasn’t as good as that one.
QUICK THOUGHTS:
• I was intrigued by this title and I don’t actually know too much about Edgar Allen Poe but I like historical fiction so I tried this.
• This book was ok. Not bad but not my favorite. I thought the idea of personification of his muse was certainly a unique point and it was actually cool to see how it played out.
• I can’t really attest to how historically accurate it is but it’s a work of fiction, though I recognized some of the characters in it! It was neat to see how he was portrayed as a teenager and what he went through.
• I enjoyed the snippets of poetry even though poetry also isn’t my thing. It was neat to see it woven into the story and how the muse worked with the development of the poetry.
• I don’t know what it was missing but it just wasn’t my favorite. Maybe because I read a really awesome book before this and then this wasn’t as good as that one.