Katie
Updated a reading goal:
Read 55 books by December 31, 2023
Progress so far: 174 / 55 316%
- John Joseph Adams
- Cory Doctorow
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Orson Scott Card
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- M. Rickert
- Geoff Ryman
- Neil Gaiman
- Bryan Talbot
- Carrie Vaughn
- James K. Morrow
- Alexander C. Irvine
- Ray Bradbury
- Harlan Ellison
- Genevieve Valentine
- Matt Williamson
- Philip K. Dick
- Heather Lindsley
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Robert Silverberg
- Jeremiah Tolbert
- Joe Mastroianni
- Adam-Troy Castro
- Tobias S. Buckell
- Vylar Kaftan
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- J.G. Ballard
- Shirley Jackson
- S.L. Gilbow
- Joseph Paul Haines
- C.C. Finlay
- Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Ross E. Lockhart
- Kate Wilhelm
- Sarah Langan
3.6 rounded down
I decided to rate this in comparison to the original short story, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, which is a four star short story for me.
I liked the expansion of the setting and the characters, and some of the plot changes.
One creepy scene, almost halfway in, will stick with me for a long time, more than anything in the short story. I wish there had been more of that in the second half.
I feel the ending was a real departure from the original, and while I like the change in some respects, I also feel that it was like removing the heart of The Fall of the House of Usher from the story.
Merged review:
3.6 rounded down
I decided to rate this in comparison to the original short story, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, which is a four star short story for me.
I liked the expansion of the setting and the characters, and some of the plot changes.
One creepy scene, almost halfway in, will stick with me for a long time, more than anything in the short story. I wish there had been more of that in the second half.
I feel the ending was a real departure from the original, and while I like the change in some respects, I also feel that it was like removing the heart of The Fall of the House of Usher from the story.
3.6 rounded down
I decided to rate this in comparison to the original short story, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, which is a four star short story for me.
I liked the expansion of the setting and the characters, and some of the plot changes.
One creepy scene, almost halfway in, will stick with me for a long time, more than anything in the short story. I wish there had been more of that in the second half.
I feel the ending was a real departure from the original, and while I like the change in some respects, I also feel that it was like removing the heart of The Fall of the House of Usher from the story.
Merged review:
3.6 rounded down
I decided to rate this in comparison to the original short story, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe, which is a four star short story for me.
I liked the expansion of the setting and the characters, and some of the plot changes.
One creepy scene, almost halfway in, will stick with me for a long time, more than anything in the short story. I wish there had been more of that in the second half.
I feel the ending was a real departure from the original, and while I like the change in some respects, I also feel that it was like removing the heart of The Fall of the House of Usher from the story.
