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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

8 reviews

ahopper7's review

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dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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keejaymarie02's review against another edition

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dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

A spooky little book full of short stories. Some are stories better and more memorable than others. Definitely geared towards a younger audience, but still a fun read for all ages

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leanneymu's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A fun introduction to spooky folk tales for younger readers, but I actually preferred reading about the origins of the stories, as opposed to the stories themselves. To be fair though, I'm not the target audience for this book.

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emoira_m_morrigan's review against another edition

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dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

STAR RATING: 3.25 \ 5.0
HORROR RATING: 2.75 \ 5.0

Do you wish to add to the list of banned books you have read? Or, perhaps you want to revisit classic horror tales you enjoyed as a child? Maybe you are a young reader or middle-grade reader seeking short-story thrills and horror? If so, this is a great book for you. It is a fast-paced, low- to moderate tier, Short-Story Horror featuring fantastic and macabre illustrations by artist Stephen Gemmell. These famous drawings and creepy tales are what brought this book to be banned in the 1980's upon release. I revisited these great tales by reading it to my son who has a fascination with short story horror featuring paranormal creatures and cryptids. His reactions were priceless and made revisiting this classic tale I read as a child well worth it. I provided this book with a 3.25 rating.

Though I read this book as a child and remember the tales being scarier at that time, I enjoyed my sons’ reactions to hearing the tales for the first time. Our favorite story was titled "The White Wolf" which is a paranormal revenge-based horror about a man who is stalked and hunted by a White Wolf. Though this tale rated 5 on the horror rating scale and is one of the most terrifying stories in this collection, most tales rate at level 2. This is a low to mid-level horror with scary themes and situations but brief to little description best for young children or middle grade readers.

There are several different versions of this story. Many readers are upset that the new release by Harper Collins has changed the content of the original, in regards to the famous creepy artwork done by Stephen Gemmell. These readers are upset that this contributes to the sanitization of books and censorship of media.

NOTE ON CONTENT WARNING | I have noted a few content warnings that do appear in this collection of short stories. These are all minor in nature, in the essence that none of the listed warning, are contained within 15% of the story content. These are brief incidences or occurrences and rate on average at a Tier 2. Meaning that the details and descriptions are brief and non-descriptive.

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