Thread: The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Old 07-28-2014, 07:28 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc View Post
No real horror or supernatural elements .... but as crich70 pointed out, a very strange twist and some graphic descriptions of the murder scene ...
Thanks! I like "strange twists"; graphic descriptions of murder scenes, not so much, but I'm sure I'll manage.

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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl View Post
It's gothic horror so it's sort of Dark Romanticism. More subdued than what you'd expect in modern writing. Certainly not as graphic as what you see on TV these days.

I think of if more as just a really good detective story. I enjoyed the Dupin mysteries enough that I read all 3 short stories. I don't read horror or supernatural writing. I avoid movies in this genre too. Just to provide an example Stephen King is too much for me.
Thanks; this is reassuring. I read Stephen King in secondary school but wouldn't touch anything of his now. Well, looks like I'll be giving Poe a go
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