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A review by mehsi
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
2.0
Sorry, scary tales? Rather sleepy tales. I don't see how any of this was scary at all. Most of the time I was hoping for something scary and the story seemed to go in the right direction... only to suddenly end. Really, I was finally all into the story, I finally had the right tension, and then nope. And some of the stories were just weird.
It is such a shame as I was really looking forward to this book. I had planned on reading it last year, but didn't get to it, so I thought I would combine it this year with the Banned Books Week.
The illustrations were scary though, but that is about it, really, those were scarier than all the stories combined (though sure, at times I had a giggle).
And yes, this is a kid's book, but believe me I have read plenty of horror for children that scared the fuck out of me and that had me sleeping with the lights on or had me not sleeping that much (recent one would be Aveline Jones).
It is such a shame as I was really looking forward to this book. I had planned on reading it last year, but didn't get to it, so I thought I would combine it this year with the Banned Books Week.
The illustrations were scary though, but that is about it, really, those were scarier than all the stories combined (though sure, at times I had a giggle).
And yes, this is a kid's book, but believe me I have read plenty of horror for children that scared the fuck out of me and that had me sleeping with the lights on or had me not sleeping that much (recent one would be Aveline Jones).