Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe

7 reviews

emimcmanis's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Confinement, Grief, and Incest

jejejette's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Death

judassilver's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Chronic illness and Grief

e_r_q's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

"[W]ith the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit."

An undeniably classic and influential gothic horror tale. Its extreme literariness can make it quite difficult to follow, but nevertheless, Poe's writing is so beautifully atmospheric.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Honestly I tend to struggle with the language of work’s written around this time but Poe is the champion of ratcheting up and delivering on tension in such a short time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Incest and Toxic relationship

maublew's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Mental illness

Moderate: Death

Minor: Chronic illness

wickedgrumpy's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

Definitely one of the slowest-paced works I've ever read.  Poe takes his time setting the vibes just right, which means that it doesn't feel like much of substance actually happens and the ending felt sudden in comparison.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, and Terminal illness