The one hundred and twentieth book: #91 The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allen Poe
After a holiday, I managed to come back to a short story to make for a quick turnaround while I get back to blogging.
The Fall of the House of Usher is incredibly efficient, its speed a real step up from what we read before. We get a lot of background information and build up, but it also feels relevant and thematic, making the whole story that much snappier. It was really effective, the twist was one I knew from two centuries of it having happened, but it's all been done so well that it stays effective here.