A review by laurenleigh
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

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!
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