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reads_vicariously's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this collection of stories! The first was a 5⭐️, one in the middle was a 3⭐️, and the others were all 4⭐️. Not bad at all for a short story collection!
I love the concept of each story being set in the same otherworldly building. Though Ediolon Avenue works it’s demented machinations a little differently in each tale, these are all stories of people having to deal with the ghosts of their past in varying bizarre and vicious ways. I loved the grotesque imagery (lots of Clive Barker and Silent Hill vibes) and the writing is excellent! In fact the writing is so vivid it made some of the scenes hard to read because they were almost too much (I’ve also never seen so much vomit in a collection of stories haha).
Overall Eidolon Avenue is a fantastically brutal, weird, and mournful collection of dark mortality tales. I don’t think the term “fever dream” has ever been captured so well in literary form. It’s a phantasmagorical blend of human monsters and the ghosts that haunt them, and I certainly hope there will be future feasts to enjoy!
I love the concept of each story being set in the same otherworldly building. Though Ediolon Avenue works it’s demented machinations a little differently in each tale, these are all stories of people having to deal with the ghosts of their past in varying bizarre and vicious ways. I loved the grotesque imagery (lots of Clive Barker and Silent Hill vibes) and the writing is excellent! In fact the writing is so vivid it made some of the scenes hard to read because they were almost too much (I’ve also never seen so much vomit in a collection of stories haha).
Overall Eidolon Avenue is a fantastically brutal, weird, and mournful collection of dark mortality tales. I don’t think the term “fever dream” has ever been captured so well in literary form. It’s a phantasmagorical blend of human monsters and the ghosts that haunt them, and I certainly hope there will be future feasts to enjoy!
readingvicariously's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this collection of stories! The first was a 5⭐️, one in the middle was a 3⭐️, and the others were all 4⭐️. Not bad at all for a short story collection!
I love the concept of each story being set in the same otherworldly building. Though Ediolon Avenue works it’s demented machinations a little differently in each tale, these are all stories of people having to deal with the ghosts of their past in varying bizarre and vicious ways. I loved the grotesque imagery (lots of Clive Barker and Silent Hill vibes) and the writing is excellent! In fact the writing is so vivid it made some of the scenes hard to read because they were almost too much (I’ve also never seen so much vomit in a collection of stories haha).
Overall Eidolon Avenue is a fantastically brutal, weird, and mournful collection of dark mortality tales. I don’t think the term “fever dream” has ever been captured so well in literary form. It’s a phantasmagorical blend of human monsters and the ghosts that haunt them, and I certainly hope there will be future feasts to enjoy!
I love the concept of each story being set in the same otherworldly building. Though Ediolon Avenue works it’s demented machinations a little differently in each tale, these are all stories of people having to deal with the ghosts of their past in varying bizarre and vicious ways. I loved the grotesque imagery (lots of Clive Barker and Silent Hill vibes) and the writing is excellent! In fact the writing is so vivid it made some of the scenes hard to read because they were almost too much (I’ve also never seen so much vomit in a collection of stories haha).
Overall Eidolon Avenue is a fantastically brutal, weird, and mournful collection of dark mortality tales. I don’t think the term “fever dream” has ever been captured so well in literary form. It’s a phantasmagorical blend of human monsters and the ghosts that haunt them, and I certainly hope there will be future feasts to enjoy!
findingmontauk1's review against another edition
4.0
Eidolon Avenue is a collection of shorts that follows the secret and dark lives of residents of five of its apartments. Each apartment has its own past, its own ghosts, and its own horror. What I find most captivating is Jonathan Winn's ability to vividly detail what is going on. The imagery is spot on and the prose almost reads like a dark dream. The first story of Apartment 1A is my favorite story. While slightly confusing as it kicks off, it follows a retired Chinese assassin and all the ghosts of those she's killed. It is truly difficult to explain how it reads, but "fever dream" of past and present is not an understatement. I left that story feeling truly gutted, haunted, but simultaneously wowed.
The other four stories are equally as well-crafted, but there is something about what's behind the door in Apartment 1A that is always going to stick with me, as if I would turn around some dreary day and see a physical manifestation of it in my own reality. It really got under my skin.
Winn's creativity shines in Eidolon Avenue as each tale brings a uniquely haunting, sometimes violent, story to the forefront. Before this collection, I really never wondered what goes on inside those old, dilapidated buildings. And if real life is anything like Eidolon, then maybe I am best not knowing! But let's just say I will definitely take a pause and be reminded of this book when I see one.
"There is a place on Eidolon
that stands five stories tall.
Beyond locked doors,
dreams dreamt no more,
the tenants await their fall.
And on this day
on “Eye-da-lon,”
which waits five stories tall,
vindication sweet
feeds the hunger replete
as the walls inside whisper
Let’s eat."
There are even more doors on other floors in this broken building that we did not get to open and investigate, so I am hoping there will be more "feasts" as this title indicates is the FIRST. 4 stars! Thanks to the author for this review copy in exchange for honest feedback.
The other four stories are equally as well-crafted, but there is something about what's behind the door in Apartment 1A that is always going to stick with me, as if I would turn around some dreary day and see a physical manifestation of it in my own reality. It really got under my skin.
Winn's creativity shines in Eidolon Avenue as each tale brings a uniquely haunting, sometimes violent, story to the forefront. Before this collection, I really never wondered what goes on inside those old, dilapidated buildings. And if real life is anything like Eidolon, then maybe I am best not knowing! But let's just say I will definitely take a pause and be reminded of this book when I see one.
"There is a place on Eidolon
that stands five stories tall.
Beyond locked doors,
dreams dreamt no more,
the tenants await their fall.
And on this day
on “Eye-da-lon,”
which waits five stories tall,
vindication sweet
feeds the hunger replete
as the walls inside whisper
Let’s eat."
There are even more doors on other floors in this broken building that we did not get to open and investigate, so I am hoping there will be more "feasts" as this title indicates is the FIRST. 4 stars! Thanks to the author for this review copy in exchange for honest feedback.
shotsky's review
3.0
My review for Monster Librarian can be found at http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/TheCirculationDesk/book-review-eidolon-avenue-the-first-feast-by-jonathan-winn/.
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