380 reviews for:

Cursed Objects: Strange But True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

J.W. Ocker

3.66 AVERAGE

readuntilthelastpage's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

kathryn_bm's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

sare1125's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

abaugher's review against another edition

5.0

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This is a slightly creepy book about various objects large and small that have been claimed to be cursed--people who come into various types of contact with each of the items usually come to grisly and early ends, and people blame the item involved. The author tells the story with tongue-in-cheek humor, and it is clear that the storytelling is more interesting than whether anyone believes it.

marianabelher's review against another edition

3.75

dark informative fast-paced

coralinejones's review against another edition

3.5

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Cute little book. Slightly humorous. You can tell the author is really passionate about this topic. However, this novel isn't as detailed as I thought it would be. You can watch a video essay on Youtube and get a very similar vibe. If you're familiar with Wendigoon on Youtube then you'd probably enjoy the vibe of this book.

ashbethindia's review against another edition

4.5

funny informative mysterious fast-paced

pipcorn's review against another edition

3.75

dark funny informative mysterious fast-paced

lucita_knjige's review against another edition

4.0

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Fun, informative and funny.

tracyksmith_reads's review against another edition

3.0

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Cursed Objects did not live up to my expectations. The narrator was great and there were lots of stories about cursed objects, but I was expecting some seriously scary history about these objects. I wanted stories that creeped me out or as the description mentions this being a chilling volume. None of this happened to me. I found that the book seemed more like a skeptic's guide to cursed objects which would be perfectly ok but that's not the impression I got from reading the galley's description.

I think this book would be great for readers who are easily creeped out and want to hear the "myths" behind the cursed objects, followed up by the facts. The facts quickly demolished any creepy I felt about the book. This book does a great job of telling the reader what people wanted to believe about the objects versus what really happened. If that's what you're looking for, then be prepared to thoroughly enjoy this book.. If you're looking more for something in the horror genre, then you should probably look elsewhere.

I'm giving this book 3 stars because it has lots of good information but it doesn't live up to the hype of being "scary."