A review by happentobeshort
Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan

4.0

This was pretty damn fun, I must say. I went through phases of not liking it that much and then loving it, and then finally to just enjoying it, while reading. It seems that when you want to get to the exact 'conception' of some of these ancient monsters, the answer is almost always FOSSILS!! DINOSAURS!!!! TAR PITS!!!!!!! Which I guess makes a lot of sense if you think about it. At the end of the day, these creatures are not real so there really is no 'moment of conception' or anyway of proving how they really came about. It was pretty fun to read though. So uh, check it out if you love spooky creatures and stuff. From Chimeras to Golems and Vampires to Aliens.

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