The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The deduction style is very Sherlock Holmes -ish. The tale is a gory one, too. I certainly did not expect a culprit as exotic as this. The story was short - that was a bonus. But the style of writing was very strange, almost boring. Nonetheless, I'm glad I read this one. Definitely a must read. 

3.0 ★
oh this wasn't really my cup of tea

It was a bit dry for me. I tried to read it with different ways to read a book.(ebook, audiobook, physical book) But I couldn't get into the story at all. I see on other websites that I am not the only one who thinks like that. 

A short tale of animal abuse gone horribly wrong

Meh, lucky to pull three stars maybe, but it felt a little like a poor man's Sherlock Holmes.
This is a short story published as a Penguin 60s Classic.

I found the characters (Monsieur Dupin and the narrator (who may or may not have been named, I cannot recall) were not particularly easy to warm to, or make a connection with. The story was interesting enough, and despite the picture on the cover giving away the plot (WTF?), it was an entertaining enough short read.

In the end though, things just fell into place a little to easily to tease out any really astounding detective work. Hard to expand on this without spoilers in a short story.

Probably 2.5 stars, rounding up to 3.