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isabella_reads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
annabelle42688's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Be aware of the dated racist language.
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
It's an old story that unfortunately includes outdated/racist language.tifftastic87's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-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
1.5
Absolutely not. This is just a story where we glorify a "nice guy" who is trying to woo a woman that he doesn't deserve because he wants her money. He gets spooked away by a ghost or, potentially, the main "love" interest's actual love interest. I personally hope it was the latter. So, Irving gets points for that option but loses a lot for misogyny.
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Sleepy Hollow has a lot of flaws, but if you’re going to read it during the spooky season, Tom Mison makes this edition a treat.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
laurenleigh's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Huh. That was weird. It was essentially 95% exposition, 2% action, and 3% conclusion. The exposition has great fall spooky vibes at times, but I expected much more from this! It’s interesting how a fable can be used and reused and parodied and then reimagined again…the echos become much bigger than the original sound. It lead me to believe the source material would be bigger or longer or just more. I should note that this isn’t even really source material in some ways. There have been many stories with headless horseman. Perhaps Irving was just the first to Americanize the image? It really feels like this short story would be more successful even shorter, especially if told around a campfire!
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
somelatenightreading's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
Moderate: Racial slurs
maeverose's review against another edition
medium-paced
1.75
The last 12 pages was the only part I really liked. The rest was pretty boring to me.
Lots of very long sentences with lots of commas. The language (combined with the long sentences) made it hard for me to understand certain parts. Not so much that I didn’t know what was going on in the story, but it was a bit tedious to read. I haven’t read many classics yet, this is the oldest one I’ve read so far, the next being Dracula (which I gave 4 stars).
Lots of very long sentences with lots of commas. The language (combined with the long sentences) made it hard for me to understand certain parts. Not so much that I didn’t know what was going on in the story, but it was a bit tedious to read. I haven’t read many classics yet, this is the oldest one I’ve read so far, the next being Dracula (which I gave 4 stars).
As you might expect from any classic written by a white man, there’s racism and misogyny in this.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Pedophilia and Religious bigotry
guns/hunting, lots of mentions of food (including seeing animals only as future food), and as you might assume, there’s mentions of headlessnessfrogeatingsoup's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Sexism and War
octavietullier's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
bookishliz_'s review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Minor: Racial slurs