A review by etienne02
The Big Book of Monsters: The Most Ghastly Ghouls, Bloodcurdling Beasts, and Wicked Witches from Classic Literature by Hal Johnson

3.0

I had higher expectation from this one. The concept is good, the illustrations also are, but the content is a bit light/easy for me. This book presents a lot of monster from a variety of cultural reference (movie, literature, sometimes both, and more). The monster is presented in a short story and after you have some information on where it came from, in other words, the story behind the story. It might be good for kids you want to learn about monster and discover news one, but for me, even if I know I wasn’t the targeted reader, who is interest in horror for two decades, well... I didn’t discover much new stuff here. I still give it a decent rating, since it was clearly for a younger public. I think it is a good book, but I also think it has the potential to be much better!!