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Summary: Best ending ever
Review: A review by Marc It's a cold, cloudy night in Providence, Maine and young Edmund is in search of he lost sis and aunty when he crashes in to a mysterious man. When the man picked himself up off the ground he reached back down to retrieve his letter he dropped. He then turned to a very apologetic Edmund and Edmund repeatedly said," I'm terribly sorry sir." The man looked right into Edmunds eyes and said, " Well you should be bumping into an old man like me." The man then asked Edmund why he is out at such late hours. Edmund then explains himself to the man and the man became curious. The man questioned about the disappearance of Edmunds sis when Edmund asked him to help in the search of her. The man contemplated foe a few seconds and agreed but, under one condition, he deliver the man's letter to the address. Throughout the book Edmund and Mr. Dupin (the mysterious man in the beginning) encounter many mysteries including finding Edmund's auntie dead. The search for his sis turns into the search for a killer. I really enjoyed this book but their were a few boring parts that I really think did not belong in the book. I also like how suspenseful the book was and ending which is one of the best I have ever read. As my conclusion I rated the book 4 out of 5 stars and I recommend this book to just about everyone especially if you like any other of books containing or by Edgar Allen Poe.
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Summary: Jaybird's Review
Review: This book is great! The author creates a feeling of helplesness, convaed by the idea of an eight year old boy all alone in a dangerous town. He has lost everything and has one person to look to for help, Dupin. He is a strange mysterious man, as well as a drunk. A undetermined free spiret with no drive and motivation to accomplish anything. Can he be trusted, will he help find Edmonds sister, or will he forget his perpose and motive on his next binge? The book seems to billed suspence throughout the hole story as the situation is undetermined by the mistical Dupin as you hope for his freindship and promising help, for Edmond. This book keeps you reading and hoping that this youg, little, fellow is going to find his family unharmed?
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Summary: Slutton Rievew
Review: The book The Man who Was Poe, had a unique theme. It gave the reader an eiry feeling of helplessness, provoked by the idea of a youg boy(Edmond)eight years of age all by him self, without any one to protect or take care of him. It makes you want to read more just to make shure this child makes out all write.
When Dupin comes on to the seen you find a story take on sucpence. As you hope for trust or freind ship in Dupin. Is this man going to help, or will this misterious drunkerd leave Edmond to fend for himself? He has an unacountable spiret of a wondering sole. On his very next binge his memory could be slerd, and drive demotivated, or will he just forget his perpose for helping this youg boy all together? Will they find his sister in time, or will this strang mans own demons of the past, come back to hunt him, and hindering his sole once again?!!!
The story is great, with an ever biulding susspence, which
I have never experianced in any other book I have ever read.
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Summary: The Man Who Was Poe
Review: The book "The man who was Poe" was filled with mystery and murder. I had a good time reading it. Edgar A.Poe had a good imagination and a good taste for horrifying stories. The main characters were: Edmund, Sis, and Dupin. Dupin has to find out who kidnapped his sister his mother and aunt.Edmund and Dupin have to try to put the puzzle pieces together to find out who the murderer was.
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Summary: The Man Who Was Poe
Review: A great murder mystery that you can't put down, but with extra information that makes the book seem slow at times. It really doesn't have anything to do with Edgar Allan Poe... he just helps slove this mystery.
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Summary: Poe
Review: This is the WORST book i read, i would advise you not to read it and just through it away, if you get it! (...)
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Summary: The Man Who Was Poe
Review: The Man Who Was Poe was a very good book. It was very mysterious. The charectors were very well described and acted. It made you want keep reading, instead of putting it down every chapter. The main charector, Edmund, was a young boy who lost his sister and his mother when they moved to New England with his aunt. In search of them, he met a man named Dupin, who was also a writer and Dupin decided to write a book about Edmunds life. Dupin realized how alike him and Edmund were.So he made it harder for Edmund to find his sister and mother, by not telling him everything he found out about them.In the end Dupin changed his name back to his original one, Edgar Allen Poe.And Edmund found his sister and his mother, who were taken by his step dad and his apponents.
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Summary: It made a difference to have read about Poe himself.
Review: I think that this is a very good book. By reading his stories and poems I think that it would make a differnce for me to read about Poe himself.The way Avi wrote this book, it was like I was in that real situation in the story. The style of writing was very realistic. I would definitely recommend this book to a Poe fan.
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Summary: I'd Rather Eat Rusty Nails For Dinner Every Night For a Week
Review: I had to read this for a school book report. It was the worst. I wrote on my book report that I would prefer to eat rusty nails for dinner every night for a week rather than have to try to read and understand this strange, difficult book. I hated it!
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Summary: The Man Who Was Poe
Review: The Man Who Was Poe is a historical mystery with Edgar Allan Poe as a character in this fictional novel by Avi. This novel might be classified as a puzzle mystery. The setting is early nineteenth-century Providence, Rhode Island. Edmund's mother is missing. His aunt went looking for her and now she's missing too. Edmund and his sister need food. Edmund goes out to get something for them to eat, but since Auntie told them not to leave, he locks Sis in the room; no one can get in, and Sis cannot get out. It's very important to Edmund to keep Sis safe. After helping an old man, Edmund goes back to the room, and now Sis has disappeared. This is the first puzzle. How could Sis have disappeared from a locked room when Edmund had the only key? Edmund gets help from Auguste Dupin who happens to really be Edgar Allan Poe. (Dupin is a character that Edgar Allan Poe created.) Dupin agrees to help Edmund if Edmund will deliver a message for him. Dupin (or is is really Poe) has his own issues and problems. He is a most difficult man to understand. As Dupin and Edmund form their uneasy alliance, they find that their lives are more entwined than either could imagine. Another puzzle catches the attention of Dupin. Gold bars are stolen from the bank vault that has been compared to a tomb. This was an impossible crime. The only way in was through a locked door; yet no one got in that way. Are the two locked room puzzles related? This is an excellent novel of murder, intrigue, danger, and suspense. As with all good mysteries, the reader discovers the clues along with Dupin and Edmund. Dupin and Edmund use their intelligence and keen observation as they seek the solution to the many mysteries contained in this novel. In the back of the book is a section called "Something About Edgar Allan Poe." Readers will find it helpful to read this before beginning the novel as aspects of Poe's life parallel the characters in the novel.
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