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salam_'s review against another edition
2.0
This was different from what I expected. The description was "How to follow someone" so I imagined a creepy stalker story that possibly ends up with murder. But no, it was merely a detailed stretched-out description of people, then a person walking.
The only reason I gave it 2 stars is that the last line that explains the idea of this story and meaning behind the title "This old man," I said at length, "is the type and the genius of deep crime. He refuses to be alone. He is the man of the crowd." but I still do think that this notion could've been delivered without all this dragging on.
The only reason I gave it 2 stars is that the last line that explains the idea of this story and meaning behind the title "This old man," I said at length, "is the type and the genius of deep crime. He refuses to be alone. He is the man of the crowd." but I still do think that this notion could've been delivered without all this dragging on.
izzatiidrus's review against another edition
4.0
I find this to be quite different than Poe's other works in that instead of a slow start and a twisted end, this was pretty much the opposite. The story grabbed my attention from the get go, but the ending felt like an anti-climax.
What I love about the story is the "stranger effect". I've written about this myself, in which you get attracted to just one among many, and you'd want to know more about the person.
Half of the story is on the pursuit to understand the man the narrator saw, but somehow, Poe being a skillful master, he weaved it in a way that is suspenseful enough to make you want to flip to the next page. The hopelessness at the end there made me think of "keeping up with the Joneses" and "idolization of someone else that ends up with nothingness".
What I love about the story is the "stranger effect". I've written about this myself, in which you get attracted to just one among many, and you'd want to know more about the person.
Half of the story is on the pursuit to understand the man the narrator saw, but somehow, Poe being a skillful master, he weaved it in a way that is suspenseful enough to make you want to flip to the next page. The hopelessness at the end there made me think of "keeping up with the Joneses" and "idolization of someone else that ends up with nothingness".
stal1n's review against another edition
5.0
У мене колись була завантажена аудіокнига, в величезній купі інших файликів.
Дуже сильно врізалась в пам'ять при першому прослуховуванні, потім я пару разів запускав в плеєрі по дорозі на роботу це оповіданнячко.
Геніальний твір. Дуже, дуже сподобалось!
Дуже сильно врізалась в пам'ять при першому прослуховуванні, потім я пару разів запускав в плеєрі по дорозі на роботу це оповіданнячко.
Геніальний твір. Дуже, дуже сподобалось!
si0bhan's review against another edition
1.0
I’m slowly working my way through Edgar Allan Poe’s work, something which will take me quite some time, and of those I have read thus far The Man of the Crowd is my least favourite.
I know many people enjoy this one, approach it as having a much deeper meaning that wows them. Whilst I can see that deeper meaning within the story, I wasn’t invested enough to care. I kept expecting something more to happen, something chilling to occur, only to finish this one feeling as though nothing happened.
It could have simply been a reflection of my mood at the time of reading, though.
I know many people enjoy this one, approach it as having a much deeper meaning that wows them. Whilst I can see that deeper meaning within the story, I wasn’t invested enough to care. I kept expecting something more to happen, something chilling to occur, only to finish this one feeling as though nothing happened.
It could have simply been a reflection of my mood at the time of reading, though.
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