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Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

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theawkwardangel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

toasted_honey's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense

Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

On average the stories were pretty good, with a few being really spectacular and unforgettable. Usually with short story collections I forget the plot and characters of a story as soon as I finish it, but that only happened with a few stories in here. My main gripe with this collection is that most of them aren't really horror, but veering more into fantasy, sci-fi, or speculative fiction. Not that I have an issue with those genres, I just wish it wasn't so heavily advertised as a horror collection. Though, full transparency, I'm not black, so maybe the reading experience is totally different for someone who is.

thebi_brarian's review

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Decided to DNF after it taking me weeks to read 50% of the book.

I thought most of the stories were bad. To the point I was left wondering the point of them.

There were some that I liked such as Rebecca Roanhorse's. But they were all pretty light on the horror, I think.