Reviews

The Pale Man by Julius Long

600matt's review

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

jselliot's review

dark tense 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? No

3.0

Actually listened to an audio version of this by a YouTuber, Roanoake on a secondary channel: 

• https://youtu.be/R4-xOHEbwh4 

Pretty sure it's longer than two pages for a fifteen minute reading, but it's a fairly interesting story that had potential for considerably more. Mostly introspection, though. 

aira_reads's review

5.0

There is a pale man, not sickly, almost ivory that’s arousing suspicion in the unnamed narrator, an ill assistant professor.

The ambiguous ending strengthens the eerie factor. Is the pale man a figment of the professor’s imagination? Is it Death a la Supernatural? Did the professor, due to reasons unknown, snapped and killed other guests and used the pale man as an alter ego as he said ”After al I brought the pale man with me”

Who knows!

Listened to this via The Shadowvane podcast. Highly recommend

thedylbear's review

dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

midnightmoss's review

1.0

This short story was so incredibly boring, I almost died while reading it. Which is saying something because this bad boy is only like 5 pages long, haha. It was so bad, the storyline did not draw me in, the characters were not compelling, and the atmosphere/setting was not well built. If anyone has ever thought about reading this, please don't. One-star rating for me.

ehunsy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5