LeRoy Miller reviewed Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edger Allan Poe
Still thinking of Sherlock....
4 stars
3 and half stars for me. This is a good introduction to the way Dupin thinks. I am very happy that I read these stories out of order however, because if I had started with this one there would have been a chance that it would have been my first and only Dupin story. The start of the story was great, and I was hooked. But I just had to suspend believe a bit too much for the ending. Even thou all the clues were there, I just didn't like the ending of the story. Perhaps life was very different in the 1840s, and something like what is described would no be so out of the question. But in the modern world, it's a bit of a stretch for me. IF this had been written by Conan Doyle, I would still call this a proto-Sherlock story. Clearly the stories of …
3 and half stars for me. This is a good introduction to the way Dupin thinks. I am very happy that I read these stories out of order however, because if I had started with this one there would have been a chance that it would have been my first and only Dupin story. The start of the story was great, and I was hooked. But I just had to suspend believe a bit too much for the ending. Even thou all the clues were there, I just didn't like the ending of the story. Perhaps life was very different in the 1840s, and something like what is described would no be so out of the question. But in the modern world, it's a bit of a stretch for me. IF this had been written by Conan Doyle, I would still call this a proto-Sherlock story. Clearly the stories of Dupin have inspired other great writers. I'm looking forward to the last story in the series. (Or should I say the second story.) "The Mystery of Marie Roget"