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mulkurul's review
4.0
Second Chance ☆☆☆☆☆
The Big Man ☆☆☆☆
Lesser Demons ☆☆☆☆☆
Carrion ☆☆☆☆☆
The fourth stair up from the second landing ☆☆☆
And what did you see in the world? ☆☆
Road Dogs ☆☆☆☆☆
The house inside ☆☆
Durston ☆☆☆
The Iron Dead ☆☆☆
Amazing collection blending horror, hardboiled and western (Carrion and Durston). Already planning to revisit my favorites (Second Chance, Carrion and Road Dogs) and read some more Partridge.
The Big Man ☆☆☆☆
Lesser Demons ☆☆☆☆☆
Carrion ☆☆☆☆☆
The fourth stair up from the second landing ☆☆☆
And what did you see in the world? ☆☆
Road Dogs ☆☆☆☆☆
The house inside ☆☆
Durston ☆☆☆
The Iron Dead ☆☆☆
Amazing collection blending horror, hardboiled and western (Carrion and Durston). Already planning to revisit my favorites (Second Chance, Carrion and Road Dogs) and read some more Partridge.
accidentallyinspace's review
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.75
Picked up after reading Dark Harvest. Some of these stories were pretty solid - the titular tale being the best of them, with incredible creature design - but others I found a little grating, overwrought, or just boring. My advice is to skip around and just read the ones that hold your interest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping
Minor: Rape
lareinadehades's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
rustcohle's review
Lesser Demons by Norman Partridge, (the tale that gives its name to the anthology) is a story that must be read between the lines, because the true story is in the background and the narrator is is an unreliable narrator, too full of fear, madness and prejudices to see beyond
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