Reviews

The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

gretaxo's review against another edition

2.0

"Fölriadva a legérzéketlenebb alvásból, valamifajta lomszövet pókhálófonalait minden ébredésünkkel széttépjük."
"Annak agyát kergeti-e örülésbe olykor valamely zenei ütem titkos jelentése, mely azelőtt sohasem vonta magára figyelmét?"
"De szellemem betegesen érdeklődött minden jelentéktelen részlet iránt, s föltevést föltevésre halmoztam, hogy számot adjak magamnak a tévedésről, amit a számitásban elkövettem."

mike_c's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

agnela's review

tense medium-paced

3.75

So the problem with Poe is that he uses too many words where he shouldn't, and he doesn't know how to convey in a paper human experiences. He has amazing and terrible imagination for horror and he's amazing at describing it. But he should have left human feelings, thoughts and experiences of inner lives alone. It's not for him. His descriptions of it are so out of sinc with what a person could actually describe feeling that it just destroys all atmosphere, until his horror and action brings it back up. 

redqueen84's review

dark tense medium-paced

5.0

agirlandherlibrarian's review

4.0

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bookingonsunshine's review

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

peighorse's review

challenging dark tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A classic Poe story. The narrator demonstrates how strong the survival instinct is. Poe really delves into the senses that one one experience during an ordeal like this.... which is unsettling. This story made me anxious because I cannot imagine being in that torture chamber. Fuck that. So scary.

sierracreads's review against another edition

3.0

did they have therapy in the 1800s? Because anyone who thinks this stuff up...wow

gothicgirlhood's review

4.0

An easy to read, fundamental horror story by one of the greatest authors of the Penny Dreadful era of literature.
Captivating and quick, with great descriptions of a medieval torture chamber.

losthermind's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5