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fiendfull's review
3.0
An interesting collection of essays charting the history of horror books, but there's some glaring areas for me that could've been considered more, e.g. young adult horror and its impact, more nuance around marginalisation and horror writing.
gentle_garbage_baby's review
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fast-paced
4.25
Really informative book on the history of the horror genre. Discovered some writers that I'm very interested in picking up in the future. The only flaw I would say is the American/Anglo-centric focus, but the book is self-aware and explains why that is the case. It would have been interesting if horror from other areas was discussed.
carcosatrio's review
This is a sweeping overview of the development of the horror genre written by several academics (200 pages covering the 1700 to modern day). Initially the brevity of the writing was a little annoying, since I often wanted more detail. However, the art of condensing the breath of material while still making sharp insight and interesting thematic connections won me over.
calli's review
5.0
A really god whistle-stop tour of the history of the genre. I do wish there was more on modern horror story telling such as Creepy Pasta and online urban legends like Slenderman. Definitely recommend if you're interested in the genre and want a scholarly insight!
connieischill's review
4.0
the several page long list of academic text recommendations at the end of this more than made up for the issues i had
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