A review by octavia_cade
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James

dark medium-paced

3.0

A short little collection of only six stories, ranging from a haunted doll's house to haunted binoculars and dug-up-crowns-that-shouldn't-be. I enjoy James' short stories, but there's no denying that there's a sense of sameness about them: I've only just finished the book and already the stories are blurring together. I honestly can't remember enough about them separately to pick a favourite... I only know that there are stories out there, by the same author although not in this particular collection, that are better. Not exactly different, but better. He does have a story about this froggy demon thing in a well, if I remember rightly, which isn't in this but which does give me the creeps more than anything here.

So, average.