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the_sassy_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
Parts of this one I found fascinating. Other parts bored me to tears. I enjoyed the history of Halloween, Jack-o-Lanterns, Haunted Houses etc Sometimes though the author would go off on these tangents about gay rights, or 9/11 which he connects to Halloween by the thinnest of strings.
I was also unaware that this book is over a decade old and had been out of print for 13 years. I assumed I was getting a recently published (or soon to be published) book. I guess that is more my fault for not checking out this title more thoroughly before I requested it.
Overall though, a fairly interesting read.
erichart's review against another edition
3.0
A rather disappointing effort from such an expert author. The bok seems badly in need of editing. The author often goes back and forth between topics in a somewhat haphazard way. Also, since Halloween is such an iconic event, the lack of any sort of illustration makes this a drab read. Still, the author's knowledge of the subject manages to keep up th interest. But not the definitive cultural history of Halloween it could have been.
thesassybookworm's review against another edition
3.0
Parts of this one I found fascinating. Other parts bored me to tears. I enjoyed the history of Halloween, Jack-o-Lanterns, Haunted Houses etc Sometimes though the author would go off on these tangents about gay rights, or 9/11 which he connects to Halloween by the thinnest of strings.
I was also unaware that this book is over a decade old and had been out of print for 13 years. I assumed I was getting a recently published (or soon to be published) book. I guess that is more my fault for not checking out this title more thoroughly before I requested it.
Overall though, a fairly interesting read.
the_sassy_bookworm's review
3.0
Parts of this one I found fascinating. Other parts bored me to tears. I enjoyed the history of Halloween, Jack-o-Lanterns, Haunted Houses etc Sometimes though the author would go off on these tangents about gay rights, or 9/11 which he connects to Halloween by the thinnest of strings.
I was also unaware that this book is over a decade old and had been out of print for 13 years. I assumed I was getting a recently published (or soon to be published) book. I guess that is more my fault for not checking out this title more thoroughly before I requested it.
Overall though, a fairly interesting read.
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