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shane_tiernan's review
3.0
This was fun. I love this kind of stuff. Facts and legends about ghosts, famous people, cults, diseases, aliens, unsolved mysteries, etc... I read this stuff hoping that it will leak into my writing and sound more real. And to sound cool at parties. Kinda like the Pac-Man line in "Scott Pilgrim vs the World".
This is the perfect bathroom book.
This is the perfect bathroom book.
skyclad's review
3.0
Loosely Nonfiction. A collection of snippets, short stories, facts, first hand accounts, rumors, etc. They are somewhat categorized. Many of the items collected herein are false or at the least poorly researched. But then others are well documented. It's not something to be used as a resource on a term paper, but as bathroom reading it's not bad.
Easy to read.
Easy to read.
dinosaurhorrorshow's review
3.0
A fun book of weird facts. I'm not sure the truth behind all of them and I would have to take the time to go through all of the sources to trust most of the information but it was still fun to read. Also many of the stories in the book that are said to have no explanation have actually been explained.
amalia1985's review
5.0
''Nothing beats a haunted moonlit night on All Hallows'Eve...And on this fatal night, at this witching time, the starless sky laments black and unmoving. The somber hues of an ominous, dark forest are suddenly illuminated under the emerging force of the full moon.''
- Kim Elizabeth
I consider myself a rather sceptic person when it comes to the Paranormal and the Supernatural, but I'm an avid reader of every book that deals with the subject. From time to time, I even watch these funny ''ghost'' shows, if only just to see to what extent the researchers will go either to prove the spirits' existence or to disprove it. In any case, regardless whether you are a believer or not, this is a very entertaining and informative book.
Here, we find some well-known ghost stories (and plenty more obscure ones), references to haunted graveyards and urban legends, but what I enjoyed immensely was the fact that the writer didn't limit herself to the supernatural element. She also included strange -bizarre, indeed- facts of deaths, disasters and other fateful cases that have been recorded as actual events. For instance, the section devoted to starnge -and mostly lethal- coincidences is particularly chilling. It makes you contemplate on that weird and incoherent thing we call ''fate''.
The writing style is relaxed but well-composed, clear and to the point. There are snipets of information, but they are enough to attract the readers' interest and make them search for more references. Like a paranormal treasure hunt, one event leads to another. Dark quotes by well-known historical and intellectual figures are also included, dealing with the human nature.
....Human nature...perhaps, the most bizarre thing of all....
- Kim Elizabeth
I consider myself a rather sceptic person when it comes to the Paranormal and the Supernatural, but I'm an avid reader of every book that deals with the subject. From time to time, I even watch these funny ''ghost'' shows, if only just to see to what extent the researchers will go either to prove the spirits' existence or to disprove it. In any case, regardless whether you are a believer or not, this is a very entertaining and informative book.
Here, we find some well-known ghost stories (and plenty more obscure ones), references to haunted graveyards and urban legends, but what I enjoyed immensely was the fact that the writer didn't limit herself to the supernatural element. She also included strange -bizarre, indeed- facts of deaths, disasters and other fateful cases that have been recorded as actual events. For instance, the section devoted to starnge -and mostly lethal- coincidences is particularly chilling. It makes you contemplate on that weird and incoherent thing we call ''fate''.
The writing style is relaxed but well-composed, clear and to the point. There are snipets of information, but they are enough to attract the readers' interest and make them search for more references. Like a paranormal treasure hunt, one event leads to another. Dark quotes by well-known historical and intellectual figures are also included, dealing with the human nature.
....Human nature...perhaps, the most bizarre thing of all....
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