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thebookboy's review
5.0
I rarely give short story collections a full five star rating, but this is an excellently curated selection of stories and none of them were anything less than a 4 star.
I particularly liked that there was a real mix of ghost stories from across the last 100 years or so - many of which were by authors that I love including Conan Doyle and Jackson, as well as other authors I'd never read before.
Personal highlights were The Monkey's Paw, A Visit, The Visit To The Museum and The July Ghost, but all were great fun with many of the stories being genuinely quite haunting.
Definitely recommended for lovers of spooky stories!
I particularly liked that there was a real mix of ghost stories from across the last 100 years or so - many of which were by authors that I love including Conan Doyle and Jackson, as well as other authors I'd never read before.
Personal highlights were The Monkey's Paw, A Visit, The Visit To The Museum and The July Ghost, but all were great fun with many of the stories being genuinely quite haunting.
Definitely recommended for lovers of spooky stories!
linorosa's review
2.0
Some few of these do flow nicely. The suspense is there. The characters are interesting, or at least weird enough that you want to know where the story is going. Some others are so stilted they're painful to read. But mostly they're okay, though forgettable.
One thing that's funny is how a few of these stories unsuccessfully try a plot-twist, or a last page reveal. I think the horror genre has repeated the same things so many times that it's hard to surprise anyone.
One thing that's funny is how a few of these stories unsuccessfully try a plot-twist, or a last page reveal. I think the horror genre has repeated the same things so many times that it's hard to surprise anyone.
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