quería ver más del jinete pero ok

I had never read either story before but quite familiar with both tales from dramatic presentations on film and TV. Irving was quite a good writer. His descriptions of scene and character were vivid.

If anyone is like me, you like to start September off with the first of many Autumnal/Halloween reads. Usually this would mean reading books that give you those cozy, dark, or creepy vibes that the season brings. I was looking for an audiobook to listen to on my commute to and from work, and a friend of mine suggested that Legend of Sleepy Hollow would be a good pick. I really love the movie, so I thought I’d enjoy the original story too. The only version my library had for the audio was a copy with Rip Van Winkle as well, so I figured it was fine that I had two short stories in one go.
They were okay. Lol they are definitely not driven by dialogue whatsoever, and the author spends a lot more time on descriptions of food than anything else. I mean, both stories were interesting enough, but they didn’t have a gripping “wow” factor or much of any character development. I understand that’s hard to do with short stories, but I don’t know... these ones just didn’t grip me. They were well-written though, and I enjoyed the uniqueness of the writing style. But over all, I like the movie (for Legend of Sleepy Hollow) a lot more.

What a fun quick read. I'm a big fan of the 1999 version with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci and decided to give it a whirl. It was captivating as I felt the anxiety build up inside me, the horseman coming closer! And the ending

Review coming soon.

Not great tbh, really sped through the interesting story beats after a lot of scene setting

Not very exciting, good example of when renditions are better.

I had never actually read either of these. Maybe I had read a picture book adaption of Sleepy Hallow, but never the actual story. Through that picture book and the Disney adaption I knew the story. Nothing really stood out as being different from those, at least not anything significant. I think having the open ending is a great way to end a story on a creepy note. You can speculate all you want, but you never really know what happened, which is just unsettling!

Rip Van Winkle is a character I had heard of, and I knew his story had something to do with sleeping, but I had definitely never read the story. It was good, not great. Rip Van Winkle himself is not a likable character, and otherwise it is just a retelling of a classic Fairy Ring sort of tale.

Honestly hilarious that Rip Van Winkle was traumatized by being timezapped by wild spirits and lost 20 years of his life, but when he found his wife left in that time, he cheered.

Sleepy Hollow seems like a shit place to vacation