Response to The Man Who Was Poe by Avi
Back cover reads:
"The old city lay dark and cold... It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone.
His aunt, who went in search of her is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night. A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own... who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadowy city, promising to help but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purposes of his own!"
Immediate reaction: Let's just say that I flipping HATE it when libraries put those little bar code stickers on the back of books! It makes it so hard to read/type the little snippets. Also, I think I've read this before... and I think I liked it... but I haven't read it in a long time. It's only 213 pages... I should be able to polish it off just fine.
"The old city lay dark and cold... It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone.
His aunt, who went in search of her is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night. A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own... who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadowy city, promising to help but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purposes of his own!"
Immediate reaction: Let's just say that I flipping HATE it when libraries put those little bar code stickers on the back of books! It makes it so hard to read/type the little snippets. Also, I think I've read this before... and I think I liked it... but I haven't read it in a long time. It's only 213 pages... I should be able to polish it off just fine.
Aftertaste:
I like it. It's a nice little mystery. Kind of confusing to the point that the reader doesn't really know what's going on. The narrator, Mr. Dupin (EAP) is in control of the story... and AVI kind of delves into his madness a little too much... you don't get reasoning behind anything and you seldom see Dupin for his true self. The book is a quick read... but it drags at certain parts only to fly along at ludicrous speed in other areas. I did read this when I was younger... and I liked it. AVI's style is captivating and makes me want to read more... so I think this one gets the Word Nerd Seal of Approval.
Scribbles:
"If I let you in, will you promise not to touch anything, and make no dirt?" (63). You really feel for Edmund right about now. All of the traumatic things have happened to him- he's lost his mother, sister, and aunt... and no someone is pulling rank on him. It's despicable. Great way for the author to make sure the audience falls in love with the characters.
"All that gold, and all those men digging it up in far away Californy, then bringing it to Providence where it disappears like so much green mist" (68).
"The trunk had been opened and its contents were spewed about on the floor" (87).
"Dupin knew then were he had come: He had descended into a gathering of demons, a masque of black death" (120). Masque of the Read Death is my favorite story!! yay! Read it whilst listening to Chopin's Waltz in B Minor... it's awesome!
"Lies have their own truth"(152).
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