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Nostalgia Reader is 78% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Tell-Tale Heart: 3 stars. This has always unimpressed me for some reason.

The Gold-Bug: 4.5 stars. That was incredibly fun! Even the over-explanation of the cypher at the end was well done.
Jun 02, 2018 02:07PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 63% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Mystery of Marie Roget: 2 stars. WTF THAT'S IT? (After perusing a bit of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, which details the Mary Rogers case, it appears the actual case was solved(?) just before the third installment of this story was set to be written. Poe had to scramble so the whole coincidence thing wouldn't end up being false [with a fictional reveal of a killer] and ended up with this futile end.)
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Nostalgia Reader is 46% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Oval Portrait: 3.5 stars. Predictable, but a good establishment of the trope.

The Masque of the Red Death: 5 stars.

The Pit and the Pendulum: 4 stars. ALWAYS expect the Spanish Inquisition. Still am not convinced the narrator is saved at the end. It feels like it should be shorter, but the heightened suspense works very well for this.
May 30, 2018 10:49AM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 37% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Descent in the the Maelstrom: 3 stars. Relatively unimpressive, but I can imagine it being more thrilling when it was published, seeing as seatravel was the norm. Also, 20K Leagues inspiration right here, so I can't exactly complain too much.
May 28, 2018 06:35PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 32% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: 3.5 stars.
May 27, 2018 07:41PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 20% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
William Wilson: 1.5 stars. Points for a final setting reminiscent of Monte Cristo and PotO.
May 26, 2018 04:12PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 13% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The Fall of the House of Usher: 4 stars.
May 26, 2018 04:11PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 6% done with Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Metzengerstien: 3.5 stars. Honestly genre-defying, so many foundational horror tropes are included here.

Berenice: 2.5 stars. Well that was weird (as expected). I might have gotten the ending spoiled so it made it creepy, but anticlimactic.
May 26, 2018 04:11PM Add a comment
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Nostalgia Reader is 66% done with The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6)
The Utensian's subtle wordplay and puns were AMAZING.
May 19, 2018 04:17PM Add a comment
The Emerald City of Oz (Oz, #6)

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