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bookwormbunny's review
4.0
Windows into Hell is an anthology of horror stories about what happens to various characters after they die when they go to...Hell. Quite a few of the stories are pretty good and really engaging as you go along with the characters as they experience their own personal Hells after they die. I'll admit that I was expecting a bit more horror with some and with others that I liked they cut me off just when I felt that it was getting interesting but all in all this is still a pretty enjoyable read if you are into anthologies and getting a good variety of books all combined into one.
So let me say this. If the cover draws you in and makes you want to know more about the stories told then I say pick it up and check it out. You'll enjoy most of them and have a little fun reading about someone else's personal Hell while taking a break from your own. ;-)
So let me say this. If the cover draws you in and makes you want to know more about the stories told then I say pick it up and check it out. You'll enjoy most of them and have a little fun reading about someone else's personal Hell while taking a break from your own. ;-)
purplemoonmyst's review
5.0
I requested this on NetGalley because I wanted a spooky read and this sounded like a spooky read. It was not. HOWEVER, it was a very thought provoking read. I learned that there is a genre called "religious horror." Who woulda thunk? Most religious people I know don't like horror of any kind. Tey seems to think being forced to endure this wretched life on earth is its specail form of hell. Just goes to show there is a market for anything.
So most of us think that hell is made up of fire and brimstone, but that is not the case with the short stories in this book. Instead, they come up with alternate versions of hell that is unsettling when I stop and think about it. Like in most people are told that they are in hell to learn a lesson then come to the realization that in all time NO ONE HAS MADE IT OUT. I know at first I was like yeah so? Then I got to thinking. What is one of the cruelest things ever? False hope. The second is dispair, and this book has both in spades. So while it is not scary per se it dose lend itself to that deeply unsettled feeling that is hard to shake off. As someone who was raised and later left the fundamentalist church behind I may just be hard to scare what with being told I was going to face hellfire and damnation on a weekly basis. If you lack that background then maybe this book would be scarier? I have no idea. If you lack that experience and read this book let me know ok?
This book is a collection of short stories. As with any short story collection, I liked some better than others. There were a couple that just confused me. Maybe I should have paid more attention in church growing up then maybe they would make more sense. Over all though I am passed with this book as it gave me a couple of new authours to check out.This review was originally posted on Adventures in Never Never Land
onewingedpsycho's review
3.0
The stories ranged between mediocre and excellent as they always seem to do in short story collections. There were a couple of really interesting takes on Hell and some that could easily be developed into full stories as they leave the reader asking questions and wanting more unfortunately the mediocre stories are more frequent than the truly excellent ones hence the amount of time its taken me to finish this book as I kept putting it down when stuck in the middle of a boring short story and had to force myself to finish it so I could add into my challenge.
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