Reviews

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

erika_gore's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

phoebe_meikle's review

mysterious tense

3.5

phoenix2's review

4.0

The Fall of the House of Usher is a short book about an unnamed narrator who visits an old dying friend. The story starts out with a creepy feeling in the background, and keeps getting creepier and creepier. And true, it the horror element is mild and it takes place in the ending, but the whole atmosphere is spot-on gothic and dark.

mybookishdelights's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2 = It was okay. 

I read this after reading the retelling “What Moves the Dead” by T. Kingfisher. The original was fine, but since I don’t really get into stories this short I definitely liked the retelling better. 

alice_clawford's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

whimsicalmeerkat's review

3.0

I recall liking this more than I expected.

verito2805's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

easefcik's review

dark 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? Yes

4.0

It’s classic Poe—which means it always feels like the solid bones of a good story with not nearly enough detail and then it’s over too fast. 

starlightxs's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

maggie22's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.0

I am not sure if it was because I listened to this book that i was a bit confused or if it just me with poe's writing. The atmosphere was amazing along with some of the descriptive aspects. But the story itself just left me confused and what was really the point of this story. There was also alot of tension near the end of the book which was really well done I just don't particularly think that this story was for me and that is fine.