Loved reading Poe when I was younger so this absolutely scratched an itch in my brain. A captivating retelling and a book I’ll probably revisit.

Really easy, basic writing and enough happening every few chapters you keep you interested. Super super needlessly long in some parts but not bad. I can see myself liking this a decade ago when it came out. It actually lines up with the movie well (I saw the movies multiple times before reading this). But tbh I thought the movie was better bc it kept things succinct and made it clearer 

My biggest critique is the absolute TRASH about the ~founding of Israel~ and the one Israel  character mentioning being constantly at siege????? absolutely no.

All other critiques after that are pointless but another I had was that the timeline jumping made things a bit tricky to follow. Otherwise, this was an incredible book

fine enough. If you liked the artist’s way, you’ll probably like this. Just a toolkit about how to listen and why it’s important.

I found a lot of it to be extremely repetitive and too focused on people’s feedback than actual guidance on how to listen, etc. I think a worksheet on prompts would have sufficed

THE MOST unlikeable characters (especially main character) that I have ever had the misfortune of reading about. Nothing was interesting, the tension was barely there, and it never felt like a thriller.