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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Storie spaventose da raccontare al buio

Alvin Schwartz

3.89 AVERAGE

mossiefae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

mollyjeanne's review against another edition

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a childhood classic <3

gabriellebelisle's review against another edition

5.0

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I never realized the amount of research that went into these books. Schwartz was very thorough about where these stories came from, and many are much older than I had assumed. I had never bothered with the bibliography much as a kid, but it's fascinating. And of course the illustrations are perfect.

ilis25's review against another edition

2.75

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

zkoch's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

iris_adrienne_knight's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bradenthompson's review against another edition

5.0

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Yall remember that shit with the pimple lmao

grizelybear's review against another edition

3.5

funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I think this book ended up being a little less fun than I remembered it, but I appreciate the different stories and verses the author wrote. The writing is simple, but effective. The instructions on how to scare your friends as you tell the story are a cute touch as well. The illustrations are great and held up really well. It's a nice book to give children to widen their imagination and ease them into the horror genre.

booyakki's review against another edition

4.0

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The art alone makes this four stars, but the anthology is fun and nicely annotated. Old childhood favorite.

brians_books13's review against another edition

3.0

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Not what I was expecting. Illustrations were cool though.