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A review by poisonenvy
Christmas and Other Horrors: A Winter Solstice Anthology by Ellen Datlow
dark
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
4.0
Normally when I read a multi-author anthology, I like to rate and review each story individually, and then tally my anthology rating by the average rating of all the stories. I'm not going to do that with this one (at least not right now. I might change my mind) because I'm feeling extraordinary lazy, I'm writing this review on my phone, and when I have access to a computer again I'm going to want to play Dragon Age.
But overall this anthology was a lot of a fun. A couple of really strong pieces, a few pieces that I just... Didn't get/understand/enjoy, and a few pieces that were entertaining and great.
Its rare for a horror novel or short story to actually induce the creeps in me, and this was not the exception (The Importance of a Tidy Home, which is the first story in the anthology, seemed to be the creepiest to me), but that doesn't mean I didn't still love reading a Yuletide Horror story nearly every day of December leading up to Christmas.
But overall this anthology was a lot of a fun. A couple of really strong pieces, a few pieces that I just... Didn't get/understand/enjoy, and a few pieces that were entertaining and great.
Its rare for a horror novel or short story to actually induce the creeps in me, and this was not the exception (The Importance of a Tidy Home, which is the first story in the anthology, seemed to be the creepiest to me), but that doesn't mean I didn't still love reading a Yuletide Horror story nearly every day of December leading up to Christmas.