A review by katiedreads
The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre by John Polidori

adventurous dark slow-paced

3.5

I purchased this mainly for Polidori's The Vampyre and that was a 4 star for me. It doesn't have the thriller element seen in later works, but it does have the atmosphere, the psychological torture, and the revenge aspect which I loved. I also enjoyed how you could see the elements in Polidori's works that went on to influence others. I also liked that this had the of travel writing that was similar to Jonathan's diary later seen in Dracula. However, the rest of the stories did not catch my attention with quite a few skim-read or DNF'd the notable expectations were Some Terrible Letters from Scotland by James Hogg and The Bride of Lindorf by Letitia E. Landon which were both interesting.