The Monkey's Paw
Ratings33
Average rating3.3
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Ratings33
Average rating3.3
Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. "Hark at the wind," said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it.
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Nice little story telling us to be careful for what we wish for. I never read it before but everybody knows the story. However, I liked Pet Sematary better though.
Rating: 1.75 leaves out of 5
Characters: 2.5/5
Cover: 0/5
Story: .5/5
Writing: 4/5
Genre: Horror/Short Story
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: No
I was highly disappointed in this short story. A lot of hype for it and it fell super flat.
I'm sure I've read this classic short story before in some form, but gave it a re-read. Going through a bit of a classic short story phase.
So glad I sought this out as I likely would have read some form of retelling. The delicious foreshadowing/atmosphere in the very beginning in the form of a chess game.
Summary: In this eerie short story, a magical charm falls into the hands of the White family and affects its members in ways that they never would have imagined.
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