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A review by njstoltzfus
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
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.
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.