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A review by wordsmithreads
His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined by Dahlia Adler
3.0
I decided to only listen to the front half of the book, the retellings, and am returning it before hearing the back half of the original stories, because I can read those on my own time and I want to give this to the next person in line.
I wonder if I would have enjoyed these even more if I had physically read this rather than listening to it in an audiobook format. I did enjoy that I got to hear each individual author tell their story the way they wanted it read, intonations and pacing (though I had it sped up because I am an inpatient reader). Of the stories that I knew, I really enjoyed the retellings. Of the ones I didn't, I almost feel like I will like these stories better than the original. Some of them didn't exactly float my boat, but that's alright. I really enjoyed the motivations for the murders of the retold Tell-Tale Heart and Casks. I also LOVED the retelling of The Oval Portrait and could totally see this version as a Netflix movie or something.
I wonder if I would have enjoyed these even more if I had physically read this rather than listening to it in an audiobook format. I did enjoy that I got to hear each individual author tell their story the way they wanted it read, intonations and pacing (though I had it sped up because I am an inpatient reader). Of the stories that I knew, I really enjoyed the retellings. Of the ones I didn't, I almost feel like I will like these stories better than the original. Some of them didn't exactly float my boat, but that's alright. I really enjoyed the motivations for the murders of the retold Tell-Tale Heart and Casks. I also LOVED the retelling of The Oval Portrait and could totally see this version as a Netflix movie or something.