Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

I Would Haunt You If I Could by Seán Padraic Birnie

2 reviews

carrionkid's review

2.5

Truly a collection of short horror stories that's barely horror and manages to be repetitive and tepid at best.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, and Grief

whatellisreadnext's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘈 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵?

I was absolutely blown away by this short story collection, Birnie writes such fantastic stories about the gross and the mundane, that really get under your skin. This is definitely a book to be experienced in a few sittings, preferably at night. 

'Like a Zip' had me squirming, 'Hand-Me-Down' had me questioning my own sanity and the final story 'Other Houses' had me questioning reality. I loved how cameras and photography played a part in a lot of the stories and upon finishing, I wasn't surprised to find out that Birnie is a photographer.

I Would Haunt You If I Could is an absolutely fab collection, and if you love short horror stories, you definitely need to grab this.

• New to It All 3⭐
• Out of the Blue 4⭐
• The Turn 5⭐
• Like a Zip 4⭐
• Hand-Me-Down 5⭐
• Holes 5⭐
• I Would Haunt You If I Could 4⭐
• Company 4⭐
• I Told You Not To Go 4⭐
• Lucida 4⭐
• Sister 4⭐
• You Know What to Do 5⭐
• Dollface 4⭐
• Other Houses 5⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Violence