Reviews

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

emberreece's review

challenging dark reflective 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

1.5

I added .5 stars to this, since I can see more interpretations. However, it still runs far too long and the metaphor/imagery is too on the nose to actually absorb myself within the story.

casspro's review

4.0

Despite having to read this story so many times in high school and college, I still like this story. It has a good creep factor that gets under my skin each time.

lcifuen620's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

teri_24's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

nojgli's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

nemegarcia's review

Literally bc of that “is there no protestant horror??” tweet. I think i’d read it before

duarshe's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

This was just confusing. Although I'm open to changing my mind after we talk more about it in class, I much prefer other short stories.

maidermor's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

4.0

j_raugustin's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

3.0

I laughed out loud through parts of this story. I really enjoyed the foreshadowing, analogies and literary components of this classic short story. 

londonreads378's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

I read this book 4 times in a row. After the first time I was going to rate it a 3. After watching a couple analyses on the story, I listened to it on YouTube.  That’s when all of the different intricacies that the author included in this short story made sense to me. Then to get a fresh reading with a lot more context I read it again in a parking lot.  
It’s a sad story but, even as a Christian, I loved it. God and Christianity did not prevail in this tale, but the downward descent in the story that made it get to that point was what fascinated me. Man’s path to living in sin. Let’s just say Satan is a crafty being.