This is the first book I have ever truly DNF'd. There have been other books I lost interest in and set aside to never have picked up again yet, but this one I made a conscience decision to stop reading. I had selected this book to meet a prompt regarding steampunk. I am still glad I did so as I thoroughly enjoyed looking through the book at all the illustrations. I just could not adjust to Poe's reading style. I tried several of the stories- Tell Tale Heart (reread), The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher and the poem the Raven. I just struggled to read the language and finally decided to stop instead of forcing myself through the book just because it's a classic author and a book I picked up at the library. Boy did it feel good to make that decision.
Steampunk: Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I must admit I ended up DNF thins book. I just could not get past the formal old style of writing. I tried reading 3 stories and several poems but just found myself not enjoying the reading. I gave this a 3 star because the steampunk illustrations were wonderful. I found myself lingering over the drawings and really seeing them relate to the stories Poe wrote. If you enjoy the classics and Poe this is a book worth checking out
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Challenge Prompts
The Challenge Prompts I will use this for are:
- Library Love #LibraryLoveChallenge Book #110
- Beat the Backlist #BTB2021 #49 written in verse
- 2021TBR #2021ReadingChallenge # 9 a classic
- Virtual Mount TBR #VirtualMountTBR2021 Book #117
- Back List Reader #Backlistreader Book #131
- Historic Fiction #histficreadingchallenge Book #13
- BooklistQueen #9 Poetry
- Monthly Motif #MonthlyMotifGXO - Shadow/ black cover
- 52 books in 52 weeks #3-4 steampunk
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