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A review by callum_mclaughlin
Poe: Stories and Poems by Gareth Hinds
3.0
Some of Poe’s most iconic short stories and poems (including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Raven) are given new life by artist Gareth Hinds. When it comes to Poe, I tend to enjoy his creepy atmosphere, striking concepts, and strong visuals (all of which are emphasised here by Hinds’s artwork), but I find his prose and narrative arcs do little for me, often fizzling out after a lot of excellent promise.
All-in-all, this is a great little sampler if you want to dip your toe into his work. And while I’d say the collection has been curated well on the whole, the poem Annabel Lee feels completely out of place tonally with the other pieces chosen. Still, it’s always fun exploring where a lot of modern-day genre tropes began, so fans of horror will no doubt get a kick out of Poe’s work if they haven’t already tried it, with Hinds’s art proving suitably gothic and moody to go alongside it.
All-in-all, this is a great little sampler if you want to dip your toe into his work. And while I’d say the collection has been curated well on the whole, the poem Annabel Lee feels completely out of place tonally with the other pieces chosen. Still, it’s always fun exploring where a lot of modern-day genre tropes began, so fans of horror will no doubt get a kick out of Poe’s work if they haven’t already tried it, with Hinds’s art proving suitably gothic and moody to go alongside it.