A review by apageinthestacks
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, Matthew Pearl
4.0
In terms of actual enjoyability, I'd rate this 3/5 or so. Perhaps it's my love of Poe in general or simply the fact that these stories had so much influence on the literary world (Doyle admits to having been inspired by these stories to write Sherlock Holmes, for example), but I felt an extra star was needed.
Though, on the subject of Doyle, that was my main problem--he simply did it better. Holmes is often seeped with details that Holmes goes on and on about (which is often very enjoyable), but this was ten times more of that. Poe created it, sure, but Doyle perfected it. These stories just got bogged down in them sometimes, and it hurt the storytelling.
Though, on the subject of Doyle, that was my main problem--he simply did it better. Holmes is often seeped with details that Holmes goes on and on about (which is often very enjoyable), but this was ten times more of that. Poe created it, sure, but Doyle perfected it. These stories just got bogged down in them sometimes, and it hurt the storytelling.