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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
boredom doesn't even feel like a strong enough word for it
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There were some four-star stories in this collection but overall I didn’t love it. I’m not sure why.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
a very entertaining (and appropriately terrifying) anthology. I liked most of them. there was just one that I can remember that I really disliked. Like Out There Screaming, I really enjoyed the ones that incorporated folk horror / folk tales.
My favourite ones are:
All my best friends are dead by Liselle Sambury
I love your eyes by Joel Rochester
Mother, daughter, and the devil by Donyae Coles
My favourite ones are:
All my best friends are dead by Liselle Sambury
I love your eyes by Joel Rochester
Mother, daughter, and the devil by Donyae Coles
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This is a horror anthology so be mindful of there being violence, gore, dark themes and the supernatural in each story.
I received an eARC copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Let me start out this review by saying short story collections will always be mid-range for me because I either have stories I absolutely love and some that I don't, which was the case here. The first three short stories in here were phenomenal. I was genuinely spooked and very excited to continue reading. However, once we got to around the middle portion, I did start to find the stories (while still very creepy!) to be either confusing or dipping a little in terms of shock value. However, this collection ends with a bang and I think if you really love short horror, this is a collection worth picking up. My favourite stories overall were: Lights, All My Best Friends Are Dead, and the book's closing novel No Harm Done.
Let me start out this review by saying short story collections will always be mid-range for me because I either have stories I absolutely love and some that I don't, which was the case here. The first three short stories in here were phenomenal. I was genuinely spooked and very excited to continue reading. However, once we got to around the middle portion, I did start to find the stories (while still very creepy!) to be either confusing or dipping a little in terms of shock value. However, this collection ends with a bang and I think if you really love short horror, this is a collection worth picking up. My favourite stories overall were: Lights, All My Best Friends Are Dead, and the book's closing novel No Harm Done.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This anthology is just... so cool. Of course, it being an anthology, I enjoyed some stories more than others, but overall, this was so great, and there were so many stories that completely intrigued me and that were so much fun. A lot of them had really interesting twists. I also loved how many of these stories were queer, which is always an added bonus!
favorite anthology i’ve read in recent years, scary and also in a great order momentum-wise!!! lights, be not afraid, and no harm done were my favorites
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes