Review: The bottle imp by Robert Louis Stevenson

Previously by Stevenson I had read "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" Reading which by the way, I quite liked.

In this case I want to tell you about "The bottle imp".

The story is about Keawe, who meets a man who is very sad. Apparently this second guy has everything he has ever wanted, but he still looks very sad.

Our protagonist learns that the sad man has a bottle that contains the devil himself inside it, and that if you make wishes, he fulfills them, and even got the beautiful house where he lives thanks to it.

But having this bottle also has consequences. To get rid of it you must follow certain rules.

You can only get rid of the bottle by selling it, and always at a lower price than you paid for it.

So there will come a time when the price can no longer be lowered and someone will keep it for life.

And that person will suffer the worst tortures imaginable.

The story is told as if it were a children's story, it's very basic storytelling, but I also have to admit that you do feel that diabolical atmosphere throughout the reading.

I felt that the protagonist should disappear from that bottle, because something ugly was just around the corner. The author plays with the fear of the unknown, of not knowing what the devil has in store for you for using his services.

Not that it was the best story I've read, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

This Scottish writer has already earned a place in my library, I will definitely keep reading more about him.

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