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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
Ya lo terminé y sigo pensando lo mismo que hace literal unos segundos, por voluntad propia probablemente no lo hubiese leído pero estaba bueno, aún así no me mató
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've discovered that Poe and his writing style are not at all for me. Reading each of these stories felt like wading through tar.
This is a deliberate DNF, because I was reading a set selection of the stories within this collection for book group. It is not a DNF because I wasn't enjoying the book or don't want to read more in future. If there is one I would say not to bother with, however, it is The Mystery of Marie Roget. It was the longest of the ones I read and by far the most boring too!
3.5 stars*
Short but fun read.
There are 5+ stories here and were rewritten from some of Poe's classic short stories to fit a more modern audience.
I liked all of them, none were scary but all of them were just interesting to read through. There was some random stuff at times but that's understandable when you consider the time period it was written, the original author, and the modernization.
So yeah, simplified, modern versions of some of Poe's shorts, pretty fun!
Short but fun read.
There are 5+ stories here and were rewritten from some of Poe's classic short stories to fit a more modern audience.
I liked all of them, none were scary but all of them were just interesting to read through. There was some random stuff at times but that's understandable when you consider the time period it was written, the original author, and the modernization.
So yeah, simplified, modern versions of some of Poe's shorts, pretty fun!
Come ci indica il titolo, si tratta di una raccolta dei racconti del mistero scritti da Edgar Allan Poe verso la metà del 1800. In questa raccolta troviamo due tipologie di storie: da un lato quelle in cui l'elemento principale è il grottesco, che ci porta a trovarci di fronte a situazioni inquietanti e quasi irrisolvibili (vedi, ad esempio, I delitti della Rue Morgue); dall'altro racconti che ci mostrano visioni oniriche e fantastiche, dove la realtà si confonde con la fantasia (es: Una discesa nel Maelstrom).
Questo libro, purtroppo, è stato per me una delusione, infatti, non so se per colpa della traduzione, delle scelte della casa editrice o proprio del tipo di storie raccolte, non sono riuscita ad entrare nell'atmosfera dei racconti e "viverli", non sono riuscita ad entrare in confidenza con i personaggi nè a provare nessun tipo di empatia verso di loro! (A differenza di quanto mi era capitato con "I racconti del terrore")
Se non siete grandi fan di Poe o se non avete letto ancora nulla dell'autore vi sconsiglio questa raccolta, iniziate dai racconti del terrore!
Questo libro, purtroppo, è stato per me una delusione, infatti, non so se per colpa della traduzione, delle scelte della casa editrice o proprio del tipo di storie raccolte, non sono riuscita ad entrare nell'atmosfera dei racconti e "viverli", non sono riuscita ad entrare in confidenza con i personaggi nè a provare nessun tipo di empatia verso di loro! (A differenza di quanto mi era capitato con "I racconti del terrore")
Se non siete grandi fan di Poe o se non avete letto ancora nulla dell'autore vi sconsiglio questa raccolta, iniziate dai racconti del terrore!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's difficult to write an accurate review of Edgar Allan Poe's work -- it's very good, very lyrical, exquisitely haunting, at turns crushingly dull and completely electrifying, with many of the same dark prejudices as his contemporaries. So I will have to nitpick this collection itself. There are some truly bizarre choices at inclusion and placement here. Why included The Mystery of Marie Roget but not The Purloined Letter? Why include some of these stories at all? It is riddled with typographical and transcription errors -- many words are pushed together, words appear hyphenated where they would originally be only done so as line breaks, and the word "eyes" is often written as "eves". All said, however, I am pleased to have read it and even more pleased to have it on my shelf.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Murder
Minor: Rape
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I found some of the stories interesting, but they were mostly hit or miss to be honest and I wasn't really a fan of Poe's writing style
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
Minor: Domestic abuse