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Creepy stories by Edgar Allan Poe (Chloé)

Creepy stories by Edgar Allan Poe   I always liked creepy, macabre stories like Creepypastas and real cases of murder; indeed, they don’t scare me. I chose this collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe because I had already worked on one of his texts in theater class. Creepy Stories contains 6 little stories. In this review, I will tell you about two of those short stories and why I think you should read this book.  To begin, I am going to introduce you to Edgar Allan Poe. He was an American poet and novelist of the XIXth Century. He was born on January 19th 1809 and died on October 7th 1849. He is mostly known for his short stories that are macabre and creepy.  The first story I’m going to summarize for you is The Black Cat. This story starts with an unnamed narrator with a strong affection for cats, but when a black cat bites him one night, he punishes it by cutting its eye out and hanging it from a tree. He soon finds another black cat, similar to the first except for a white

Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie (Caroline)

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  Appointment with Death is a book written by Agatha Christie and was published in 1938. The book also got a movie adaptation in 1988. Agatha Christie is a very famous mystery writer. She was born in 1890 and died in 1976. During his holidays, Hercule Poirot overhears a conversation: “You do see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?” After discovering the body of Mrs Boyton, he claims to be able to know who was the murderer under 24 hours. , To be honest, I have mixed feelings about the book. Indeed, at the same time, I both liked and didn’t like it. Since it got me out of my usual genre of books, I discovered murder mysteries novels. I have to admit, it was exciting to read, because all the suspense made it easier to read through the long descriptions. My curiosity made me want to read more of it. I also tried to keep track of the different suspects and tried to guess who was the murderer at the end, which I didn’t succeed in.  However, I have to mention, although it was out of m