glissando14's review
Poe has good writings, but it is too tedious for me. It also happens that I am not a big fan of supernatural horror stories. It’s more a “me” problem than Poe’s fault that I cannot get into his stories.
meg02's review
Honestly just got a bit bored, will probably go back to it at some point but not for me at the moment.
ullsi's review
4.0
It took me a little while to get into Poe’s long-winded and punctuation-filled sentences, but when I did, I understood why his stories became - and have stayed - so popular. He is great at creating eerie atmospheres in just a few pages, and many of the horror elements are disturbing even though they were written almost 200 years ago. I liked the horror stories better than the detective mysteries since the latter often resulted in long, braggy monologues, but it was fun to read early examples of this type of story.
silvanasodde's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
rmphyllis's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
dwarfellie's review
4.0
A collection of all Poe's short stories in one place - I think he's a pretty good story writer, although most of his first person characters speak much in the same way. Special mention to The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the Pit and the Pendulum, William Wilson and the Purloined Letter as my favourite stories of the bunch.
meiga's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
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? No
2.0
It's a book for school that I read in a day with a headache and inability to focus, so I cannot be more generous than this. I hope to meet Edgar Allan Poe again in better circumstances as some elements in the short stories awaken my interest, especially the atmosphere he created.
h22s's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
4.0
vickiireads's review
5.0
A collection of 19 short stories. Poe’s a master craftsman of macabre literature. My favourites were ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’.