Reviews

A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson

marcel's review against another edition

3.0

my brother in christ you have a traumatic brain injury

grimscribe114's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.25

dogsbooksandpizza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This colllection was so unsettling in the best way. I especially appreciated the focus on paranoia and abject fear, which Evenson writes so well. I’d like to remember this collection, too, for its title story: one of my students read it and it deeply affected him, which made me reread it and consider it in new ways. It made me appreciate the story on a different level. I was also deeply impacted by “Cult,” “Seaside Town,” “The Dust,” and “Click.”

sharki1998's review against another edition

5.0

Brilliant! If you're not read Brian Evenson you're missing out on one of the most original voices in horror fiction. He's Lovecraft without the super awkward racism.

achurxh's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

fernoftheforest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

oneironaut's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

obnorthrup's review against another edition

4.0

A dark and fascinating collection.

elsss7's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

saltycorpse's review

4.0

Favourite stories in this collection:
Black Bark
The Dust
Any Corpse

I love Brian Evenson's short fiction because it's so unsettling and a type of horror that exists all in the extrapolations that the reader makes in between the lines.