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A review by bentheoverlordsbooks
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
4.0
20th Century Ghost by Joe Hill stories
Overall thoughts, Hill is very much like his father when it comes to making you care for characters quickly. This collection was a lot of really good, but only two great ones. That being said I will be trying more of his work (as Locke and Key is my fav comic series of all time)
Best New Horror 4/5 Really liked this one, great description, that ending was so abrupt haha.
20th Century Ghost 4/5 I really liked this one. Both melancholic and sad, but with a real love of cinemas (movie theatres) and film in generally. Not a great ending but I like what it was going for.
Pop Art 5/5 Ow......my heart
You Will Hear The Locust Sing 3/5 Fine...Metamorphosis meets Rage
Abraham's Boys 4/5 A very good and interesting spiritual sequel to a very good story.
Better Than Home 2/5 A bit shit
The Black Phone 4/5 Very good but I much prefer the film.
In The Rundown 3/5 The main mystery part was pretty great but a slow start and an abrupt end really ruined this one for me.
The Cape 4/5 A nice magic power dramedy. I like the character work in this one. Really fun in comparison to some of the other stories.
Last Breath 4/5 Short and dark, would like more of this.
Dead-Wood 2/5 This was far too short. Like genuinely so short. But it had a cool concept
The Widow's Breakfast 4/5 A really interesting story, that had me thinking it was a drama till that final line.
Bobby Conroy Comes Back From The Dead 4/5 So I was immediately intrigued by this one because I love Dawn of The Dead, Jon Romero and Tom Savini so a short around the filming of it is right up my alley. Bobby is an arsehole though. Definitely not spooky though
My Father's Mask 4/5 What a weird fucking story.
Voluntary Committal 5/5 I really liked that story, and I love Morris.
Scheherezade's Typewriter (Secret Story) 4/5 Firstly I wanna say that I like that this was "hidden" in the acknowledgements, and it was a fun short spooky story. Kinda wanted more from it though.
Overall thoughts, Hill is very much like his father when it comes to making you care for characters quickly. This collection was a lot of really good, but only two great ones. That being said I will be trying more of his work (as Locke and Key is my fav comic series of all time)
Best New Horror 4/5 Really liked this one, great description, that ending was so abrupt haha.
20th Century Ghost 4/5 I really liked this one. Both melancholic and sad, but with a real love of cinemas (movie theatres) and film in generally. Not a great ending but I like what it was going for.
Pop Art 5/5 Ow......my heart
You Will Hear The Locust Sing 3/5 Fine...Metamorphosis meets Rage
Abraham's Boys 4/5 A very good and interesting spiritual sequel to a very good story.
Better Than Home 2/5 A bit shit
The Black Phone 4/5 Very good but I much prefer the film.
In The Rundown 3/5 The main mystery part was pretty great but a slow start and an abrupt end really ruined this one for me.
The Cape 4/5 A nice magic power dramedy. I like the character work in this one. Really fun in comparison to some of the other stories.
Last Breath 4/5 Short and dark, would like more of this.
Dead-Wood 2/5 This was far too short. Like genuinely so short. But it had a cool concept
The Widow's Breakfast 4/5 A really interesting story, that had me thinking it was a drama till that final line.
Bobby Conroy Comes Back From The Dead 4/5 So I was immediately intrigued by this one because I love Dawn of The Dead, Jon Romero and Tom Savini so a short around the filming of it is right up my alley. Bobby is an arsehole though. Definitely not spooky though
My Father's Mask 4/5 What a weird fucking story.
Voluntary Committal 5/5 I really liked that story, and I love Morris.
Scheherezade's Typewriter (Secret Story) 4/5 Firstly I wanna say that I like that this was "hidden" in the acknowledgements, and it was a fun short spooky story. Kinda wanted more from it though.