Reviews

The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

njstoltzfus's review

4.0

Speaking as someone is not a literary scholar in any capacity, I found Poe to be a tad overrated.

Please don’t misunderstand.
I love Poe. You could call me and Edgar Allen Hoe.

But I believe that he only gained popularity because of the edginess, the grit, and general darkness of his stories and poetry. Not his writing style, which I found to be a little bland.

Nonetheless, I adore the dark and creepy so I still enjoyed this collection, but I think that his most popular works (The Telltale Heart, The Raven, etc.) are his most popular for a reason. They are his best, his darkest, and most interesting.

I also found that his poetry held my attention better than his prose, but that could be because I decided to read this collection as a book from beginning to end, as a whole instead of revisiting every so often.

But 10/10 for creepy.

bookish_savvy19's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

5.0

elizabeth_noel's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

diegoup's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

jasperwrites87's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

annienotthemusical's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

mnsanchez3748's review

dark mysterious 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? No

2.0

mirtlifthewise's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

smiths2112's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

chillae's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0