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A review by calistareads
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl
4.0
Roald Dahl spent years reading over 700 ghost stories to put together material to make a TV show with. I would think it would've been like the Twilight Zone. The pilot did not get picked up, so Roald put the stories together in this little book.
The ranger from the late 1890s to the 1970s is the lates one I saw, while the majority are from the 50s. The authors vary as well and some of them are very British, some are told with purple prose. It is a collection of all kinds of short stories and some of them are a bit spooky. Most of them are around 15 pages, some are longer. I think young kids might find them spooky if they are short enough, but they might get bored also.
I did enjoy reading this collection. My favorite story of the collection was 'Playmates' by A. M. Burrage. It was good. My least favorite was a story by Edith Wharton and it was like she was trying to prove how awesome a writer she is by sounding writerly and using the most obscure words. The story was boring and her writing style got on my nerves. I'm someone who enjoyed Ethan Frome in school, but I didn't like this story.
I think a good experiment would be to read this when there are different generations around, kids, parents, grandparents, and see what the people think.
It's too bad that Roald Dahl didn't try his hand at at least one scary story. I would like for one of his stories to be in here.
The ranger from the late 1890s to the 1970s is the lates one I saw, while the majority are from the 50s. The authors vary as well and some of them are very British, some are told with purple prose. It is a collection of all kinds of short stories and some of them are a bit spooky. Most of them are around 15 pages, some are longer. I think young kids might find them spooky if they are short enough, but they might get bored also.
I did enjoy reading this collection. My favorite story of the collection was 'Playmates' by A. M. Burrage. It was good. My least favorite was a story by Edith Wharton and it was like she was trying to prove how awesome a writer she is by sounding writerly and using the most obscure words. The story was boring and her writing style got on my nerves. I'm someone who enjoyed Ethan Frome in school, but I didn't like this story.
I think a good experiment would be to read this when there are different generations around, kids, parents, grandparents, and see what the people think.
It's too bad that Roald Dahl didn't try his hand at at least one scary story. I would like for one of his stories to be in here.