This was a huge hype book when it came out, so I was excited to (finally) pick up a copy and read it. I enjoy Edgar Allan Poe’s short story that this is loosely based upon and was interested to see what sort of world Griffin would create around that idea — especially one that would hold up for an en...
No matter what creatures people fear in the dead of night, in this city, violence is more likely to be carried out by men. - Chapter 3 Violence is mindless. It doesn't listen to reason. - Chapter 9 Everything is in ruins. A plague decimated the population. Those who are still alive, live in fea...
Masque of the Red Death is based off of an Edward Allen Poe short story. I had no idea of that until I finished and was looking it up to shelve it. I'll have to read it at some point now but at this time, I have no idea on how they relate. Araby Worth lives with the elite. Their world is crumbling...
I didn't connect with this book, which is too bad, as I really wanted to like it (especially its setting, and the links with Poe's original story). But in the end, it didn't work for me. Mostly I found the characters bland and not really consistent in their behaviour. [spoiler] For instance, Araby ...
This book has a kind of slow start. After a little bit of world-building, everything starts to make more sense. I thought that it was really cool that Ms. Griffin was able to sort of make this a retelling/story connected to Poe's Masque of the Red Death. At first, I was team Will. It seemed like t...
"Nights in the Debauchery Club, beautiful dresses, glittery make-up . . . and tantalizing ways to forget it all..." Dnf at 35%, therefore no rating. The writing was good, but I didn't connect with the characters. Not sure I liked Araby. Disliked the love triangle. Couldn't see why Araby was so qui...
Somewhat good. Writing was simple to the point of boredom. Way more showing than telling. Typical YA love triangle, rebelling against parents, etc. However, the idea of this story was so original. I was obsessed with Edgar Allen Poe when I was younger, and it was interesting seeing this story taken ...
3.5 stars . Have you ever been reading a relatively enjoyable book, and the suddenly stop to question what the whole point of the story is? This is what happened to me as I was reading Masque of the Red Death. Bethany Griffin has created a world full of horror, disease, and betrayal. Poor citizens...
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