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sarenaspookyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I don’t understand why this doesn’t have as many good reviews. This collection of ghost stories reminds me of A Christmas Carol, and it recommends to read it around the winter solstice, even though the stories don’t take place around the holidays. I found these tales to be creepy, and very unpredictable! For its time, it definitely would have scared most people to their core. I think too many people think of horror novels as being gory, psychological, or other intensities. I enjoy old fashioned ghost stories, and if you like A Christmas Carol, I think you’ll love this!
xxpumpkincatxx's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to love this, but it's just missing something. The stories being translated into comic form just seems to be...incomplete. I think if each was drawn out a bit more it may have seemed more together, but the stories just seemed to jump all around leaving me confused and constantly trying to catch up.
The artwork it very nice. I enjoy the use of the dark colors. The added touch of making some of the characters 'creepy cute' was a bonus for me.
Sadly I just couldn't finish this graphic novel. I made it half way through the 3rd story, but was just uninterested in trying to keep up.
I may come back to this when my 'to read' like gets a dent.
The artwork it very nice. I enjoy the use of the dark colors. The added touch of making some of the characters 'creepy cute' was a bonus for me.
Sadly I just couldn't finish this graphic novel. I made it half way through the 3rd story, but was just uninterested in trying to keep up.
I may come back to this when my 'to read' like gets a dent.
vincentkonrad's review
4.0
Some of these are creepy as balls, and had me staying awake with my sheets tight around me even when I hadn't slept for days.
anttirask's review against another edition
3.0
I used to love ghost stories. I think I still would, but getting older, being amused, let alone scared, by them is certainly harder. And what this adapted collection of short stories by [a: M.R. James|2995925|M.R. James|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1254798756p2/2995925.jpg] fails to do is to be scary.
Now, I haven't read M.R. James original stories so I don't know whether the problem lies there or in the adaptation, but I'm just letting you know that I'm judging this based on the graphic collection alone.
The illustration of one of the stories, The Mezzotint, gave this book its "third star". Fouad Mezher was a new one to me, but I will definitely seek out more of his work. The style brings to mind that of [a: Mike Mignola|10182|Mike Mignola|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1344350234p2/10182.jpg], but there is enough originality there for it to be more than a carbon copy.
Now, I haven't read M.R. James original stories so I don't know whether the problem lies there or in the adaptation, but I'm just letting you know that I'm judging this based on the graphic collection alone.
The illustration of one of the stories, The Mezzotint, gave this book its "third star". Fouad Mezher was a new one to me, but I will definitely seek out more of his work. The style brings to mind that of [a: Mike Mignola|10182|Mike Mignola|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1344350234p2/10182.jpg], but there is enough originality there for it to be more than a carbon copy.
lacewing's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
judassilver's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Animal death
Minor: Body horror
ilseoo's review against another edition
4.0
The ghost stories of M.R. James are chilling even though the horror is understated and sometimes only hinted at. The antiquarian setting, where old church engravings and library manuscripts contain demons from the past, create an element of terror where history comes back to haunt us. I enjoyed all these stories individually and would recommend this collection to lovers of (classic) ghost or horror stories. I do think that, when read together, you start to notice some returning narrative elements and settings and quite an unvarying template which is used as the basis of almost every story. Although the template is very effective, recognizing it can take away some of the tension or the impression of originality. Therefore, I would recommemd reading his stories on at a time, rather than back to back.
vsnotresponding's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
the mezzotint was my favourite one
lenci's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0