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charliebella's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Colonisation, Racism, and Misogyny
tifftastic87's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Absolutely not. This is just a story where we glorify a "nice guy" who is trying to woo a woman that he doesn't deserve because he wants her money. He gets spooked away by a ghost or, potentially, the main "love" interest's actual love interest. I personally hope it was the latter. So, Irving gets points for that option but loses a lot for misogyny.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Misogyny
isirla's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
I was always led to believe that Ichabod Crane was such a smart, quirky yet loveable character. He's actually quite disgusting!! The way he can ride in fields and see banquets of food when looking at live animals had me thinking I should rethink my diet as a meat eater!! The way he started making plans in his mind for what his love interest would do once they were married, without any thought to her wants and needs was also pretty disgusting, especially since they weren't even courting!! He just wanted her money and privilege.
I found the story boring, disturbing (and not in a good way) and overall, very disappointing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Classism
pagesofkenzie's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Misogyny
dragonantlers's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Sleepy Hollow has a lot of flaws, but if you’re going to read it during the spooky season, Tom Mison makes this edition a treat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
laurenleigh's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Huh. That was weird. It was essentially 95% exposition, 2% action, and 3% conclusion. The exposition has great fall spooky vibes at times, but I expected much more from this! It’s interesting how a fable can be used and reused and parodied and then reimagined again…the echos become much bigger than the original sound. It lead me to believe the source material would be bigger or longer or just more. I should note that this isn’t even really source material in some ways. There have been many stories with headless horseman. Perhaps Irving was just the first to Americanize the image? It really feels like this short story would be more successful even shorter, especially if told around a campfire!
Content Warnings
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
browsingthebooks's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
maeverose's review against another edition
medium-paced
1.75
The last 12 pages was the only part I really liked. The rest was pretty boring to me.
Lots of very long sentences with lots of commas. The language (combined with the long sentences) made it hard for me to understand certain parts. Not so much that I didn’t know what was going on in the story, but it was a bit tedious to read. I haven’t read many classics yet, this is the oldest one I’ve read so far, the next being Dracula (which I gave 4 stars).
Lots of very long sentences with lots of commas. The language (combined with the long sentences) made it hard for me to understand certain parts. Not so much that I didn’t know what was going on in the story, but it was a bit tedious to read. I haven’t read many classics yet, this is the oldest one I’ve read so far, the next being Dracula (which I gave 4 stars).
As you might expect from any classic written by a white man, there’s racism and misogyny in this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Misogyny, and War
Minor: Religious bigotry and Pedophilia
guns/hunting, lots of mentions of food (including seeing animals only as future food), and as you might assume, there’s mentions of headlessnessjiyajiyajiya's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism