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A review by sofia_the_scholar
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
4.0
The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a book which contains three stories: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter". Poe together with Dupin are found in Paris dealing with mysteries that may seem blatantly obvious to the other Parisians, but they have more depth than what people think...
Like every Poe story, this one also has the characteristics of a really intense and chilling atmosphere, intricate and rich vocabulary and also a fascinating plot.
The first two stories share some similarities, but The Mystery of Marie Roget was a bit slow for me, but nonetheless interesting. My favorite one has to be "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", because it has such an out-of-this-world plot-twist. The Purloined Letter had also this eye-catching story-telling that Poe always seem to have but in a shorter time.
This book is proof that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe to write "The Adeventures of Sherlock Holmes".
Like every Poe story, this one also has the characteristics of a really intense and chilling atmosphere, intricate and rich vocabulary and also a fascinating plot.
The first two stories share some similarities, but The Mystery of Marie Roget was a bit slow for me, but nonetheless interesting. My favorite one has to be "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", because it has such an out-of-this-world plot-twist. The Purloined Letter had also this eye-catching story-telling that Poe always seem to have but in a shorter time.
This book is proof that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe to write "The Adeventures of Sherlock Holmes".