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casey887's review against another edition
3.0
I love scary stories and this is a great collection of them. I was actually really disappointed with Neil Gaiman's entry though considering I love reading his stuff but the story he added to this book was my least favorite of all in this book. The stories I enjoyed the most were the ones by Vivian Vande Velde, Janni Lee Simner and Celia Rees.
williamsdebbied's review against another edition
4.0
A collection of creepy stories. I enjoyed the whole collection, but several stories stood out for me.
“Morgan Roehmar’s Boys” by Vivian Vande Velde was genuinely scary.
“Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire” by Neil Gaiman has a story-within-a-story thing going on and the ending made me laugh out loud.
“Stone Tower” by Janni Lee Simner was such an interesting take on Rapunzel. My favorite from the collection.
“Writing on the Wall” by Celia Rees was another pretty scary one, with the added bonus of some excellent girl power.
“Endings” by Garth Nix worked on multiple levels, both on its own and as the final tale in the collection. I loved the way it played with reader assumptions.
“Morgan Roehmar’s Boys” by Vivian Vande Velde was genuinely scary.
“Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire” by Neil Gaiman has a story-within-a-story thing going on and the ending made me laugh out loud.
“Stone Tower” by Janni Lee Simner was such an interesting take on Rapunzel. My favorite from the collection.
“Writing on the Wall” by Celia Rees was another pretty scary one, with the added bonus of some excellent girl power.
“Endings” by Garth Nix worked on multiple levels, both on its own and as the final tale in the collection. I loved the way it played with reader assumptions.
milla_k's review against another edition
3.0
I read this one mostly for the Neil Gaiman story in it, and while that story was fairly clever, it didn't make up for the stereotypical gothic stories in this collection. I know, I know, the book is called Gothic, but one can hope that it would have at least had the decency to re-invent the genre even a little bit.
sarahpottenger's review against another edition
3.0
Not all that scary to me. The story about the girl playing a part at a haunted hayride attraction was fun, and so was Neil Gaiman's send-up of Gothic stories. But not scary.
midnightbookgirl's review against another edition
3.0
Decent collection of short stories, some better than others. No surprise that I enjoyed Neil Gaiman's the most. Made for a good RIP IX read. Read for the Peril of the Short Story challenge.
chrysfey's review
3.0
My favorite story among the ten Gothic tales is Morgan Roehmar's Boys by Vivian Vande Velde. I read that tale in broad daylight, at work, and it scared me! 5 Stars for that story alone, but the other nine tales fell below par for me.
maggie_the_reader's review
4.0
Like most collections of short stories, some tales are better than others (and more gothic than others in this case). The first story of the collection "Lungewater" is a wonderfully compelling story full of mist and 'otherness.' A tale by Neil Gaiman, "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire," is a clever parody of gothic lit. "Writing on the Wall" is a well told ghost story. And "Stone Tower" is a nice modern gothic fairytale. If you like dark and creepy tales you will definitely enjoy this book.