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A review by keybladium
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving
2.0
As with every collection of stories, there’s always going to be good and bad ones within the book which makes it harder to rate and review because of the variety but overall I have mixed opinions.
To start with, this book wasn’t really for me. I prefer more fictional books however I like to read a bit of everything and explore new styles and genres but this one didn’t really catch my interest much.
The book was very complex with its old language and writing style so it took me a little longer to read and I often had to read through sentences again to understand what I read and even then I rarely understood much. However, I did enjoy seeing how language had evolved and changed and it was nice reading over a bit of history.
The main problem I had with this book was the focus of the stories never really intrigued me. Sometimes it was just about streets and life during the time which was interesting at times to see what life was like in the past but it felt repetitive and a little dull so I found myself losing focus easily and reading many pages whilst zoning out and that was common for most of the book and I have no recollection of 90% of the stories.
However, there were a couple of really interesting ideologies and stories that I really enjoyed reading. My favourite was the one around the library and history of authors, I found it be a really interesting concept to reflect on and it was really well written too and it felt really immersive which I didn’t really feel for most of the other stories.
Overall, I didn’t find the majority of stories interesting however the ones that I did enjoy were really good but i wouldn’t say they redeemed the book nor made it worth reading so it’s a 4/10 for me.
To start with, this book wasn’t really for me. I prefer more fictional books however I like to read a bit of everything and explore new styles and genres but this one didn’t really catch my interest much.
The book was very complex with its old language and writing style so it took me a little longer to read and I often had to read through sentences again to understand what I read and even then I rarely understood much. However, I did enjoy seeing how language had evolved and changed and it was nice reading over a bit of history.
The main problem I had with this book was the focus of the stories never really intrigued me. Sometimes it was just about streets and life during the time which was interesting at times to see what life was like in the past but it felt repetitive and a little dull so I found myself losing focus easily and reading many pages whilst zoning out and that was common for most of the book and I have no recollection of 90% of the stories.
However, there were a couple of really interesting ideologies and stories that I really enjoyed reading. My favourite was the one around the library and history of authors, I found it be a really interesting concept to reflect on and it was really well written too and it felt really immersive which I didn’t really feel for most of the other stories.
Overall, I didn’t find the majority of stories interesting however the ones that I did enjoy were really good but i wouldn’t say they redeemed the book nor made it worth reading so it’s a 4/10 for me.