The best part of this adventure novel is its horror elements, but unfortunately they are too few and far between to make this otherwise average adventure feel particularly special. It also ends abruptly as though Poe just got tired of writing it.
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Beautiful, flowing old-school prose
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The actual adventure, especially the latter half, feels a bit all over the place
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Interesting characters
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Never really delivers anything particularly memorable
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Does a good job at expressing the horror of being stuck on the sea
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Abrupt ending
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