The Monkey's Paw
Ratings30
Average rating3.3
Nice little story telling us to be careful for what we wish for. I never read it before but everybody knows the story. However, I liked Pet Sematary better though.
Rating: 1.75 leaves out of 5
Characters: 2.5/5
Cover: 0/5
Story: .5/5
Writing: 4/5
Genre: Horror/Short Story
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: No
I was highly disappointed in this short story. A lot of hype for it and it fell super flat.
I'm sure I've read this classic short story before in some form, but gave it a re-read. Going through a bit of a classic short story phase.
So glad I sought this out as I likely would have read some form of retelling. The delicious foreshadowing/atmosphere in the very beginning in the form of a chess game.
Summary: In this eerie short story, a magical charm falls into the hands of the White family and affects its members in ways that they never would have imagined.