A review by daniellestarredpages
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

2.0

I was very disappointed with this read. When I requested an ARC of this book, I was under the impression that the characters of colour wouldn't suffer or at least would suffer less than "The White Guy". However, even though the white guy does indeed die first in every story, they often die off-page or in less graphic ways than the characters of colour. I was also disappointed in each and every story in this anthology, even the stories from authors whose works I had previously enjoyed. Maybe I'm not a short story reader but many of the stories felt like nothing happened, but then in some cases, I felt like nothing happened but I didn't actually want to read a continuation of the stories. Overall I felt this was a very weak anthology.

All Eyes On Me- 1 Star

Hedge - 3 stars

The Golden Dragon -3.5 Stars

Best served cold - 3 stars

Docile Girls - 4 stars

Gray Grove - 3.5 stars

Everything's coming up roses - 2.5 stars

Heaven - 1 star

Break through our skin - 3 stars

Wasps - 2.5 stars

Hell Is Other Demons - 2 stars

The Road To Hell - 1.5 stars
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