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The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
3 reviews
bearystarry's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Obviously kind of difficult to truly rate a book containing a person’s entire body of work but I had a mostly middling experience overall so that’s what it gets.
Basically a lot of beautiful, moody writing interjected with some very intense moments of hideous racism.
Basically a lot of beautiful, moody writing interjected with some very intense moments of hideous racism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Mental illness, Animal death, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Grief, Violence, Slavery, Gore, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Torture, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse
hazel_heart's review against another edition
dark
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I don't think Poe needs my puny review but I'll say that this collection helped me understand that I suck at reading poems. When I listen to other people read his poems, they're awesome. When I read them myself, they sound like out of rhythm pop songs, even The Raven, lol.
I reduced a point because his Satire/Humor stories are, understandably, aged very poorly (Humor is a dairy product). If you can laugh at them, you're legally allowed to claim you were born in the wrong period of time.
I was going to reduce more points because Poe loves rambling about the most mundane things. If that's how people talked in the 1800s, I don't know how they could get anything done, small talks could take hours! But The Raven was so good, I just couldn't bring myself to give this book 3 stars.
And I knew there'd be racism and I've read Lovecraft so I was prepared for it. But his (only) novel still got me pretty annoyed with the racism and "oh we're so white and better than everyone" themes. And it kinda sucks.
I reduced a point because his Satire/Humor stories are, understandably, aged very poorly (Humor is a dairy product). If you can laugh at them, you're legally allowed to claim you were born in the wrong period of time.
I was going to reduce more points because Poe loves rambling about the most mundane things. If that's how people talked in the 1800s, I don't know how they could get anything done, small talks could take hours! But The Raven was so good, I just couldn't bring myself to give this book 3 stars.
And I knew there'd be racism and I've read Lovecraft so I was prepared for it. But his (only) novel still got me pretty annoyed with the racism and "oh we're so white and better than everyone" themes. And it kinda sucks.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Misogyny
astrangegirlsmind's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
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