The Most Dangerous Game - Richard Connell (short story)

This is going to be a short review, since I literally read this before I went to bed. It was so short that I plan on reading another fiction book before I switch back to a memoir. The reason I decided to read this was because I saw an old movie (1932) based on this book, and I wanted to see how this story inspired that movie.

I'm not going to say much about the story. You can find it and read it in a very short amount of time if it interests you. What I will say is that an avid hunter finds himself stranded on an island with a man who hunts some very unusual prey.

I liked the story. You don't have time for much character development, but you get enough to know who stands for what. You also have to pay attention at the end or you might not quite understand what happened. When I compared it to the movie, I like the story much better. I understand they had to pad the story to make it movie-length, but thank goodness I didn't have to read about a woman being dragged around in a life or death mental game. Because honestly, if the hunter was as good as he claimed to be he should have found her pretty quick. Anyway, the story is interesting, and I enjoyed it (minus the doggie death obviously). Good Story!