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A review by lauriereadslohf
Resisting Madness by Wesley Southard
4.0
3.5 stars but I'm bumping it up for Goodreads because many of these stories made me laugh and that counts for a lot these days.
Resisting Madness is a fun collection of little horror niblets that ends with a novella sized story. Books like these are a struggle to rate with stars because some stories always work better than others. Collections are always difficult for me to review because writing the review is basically me writing a zillion little mini-reviews and doing my best to say something to inform but also desperately trying to not give too much away because then why bother reading the book, right?
So here are some brief thoughts in order of appearance. Some will be rated others will not because this is how I operate.
With Many Thanks To Newark: A grumpy as shit man gets seated next to an obnoxious as shit man on a flight. This dude will NOT stop talking and I felt for the grumpy guy SO much because I have no patience for that in general but especially when forced to take a trip I don’t even want to take like this guy here. I’m saying nothing more except that this feels like a lost episode of Tales from the Darkside and I LOVED that show so much. 3.5 stars
Arrearages features a misogynistic prick finds who hurts others with reckless abandon. I thought this was a ton of gruesome fun and I will not apologize for saying so
Resisting Madness is a fun collection of little horror niblets that ends with a novella sized story. Books like these are a struggle to rate with stars because some stories always work better than others. Collections are always difficult for me to review because writing the review is basically me writing a zillion little mini-reviews and doing my best to say something to inform but also desperately trying to not give too much away because then why bother reading the book, right?
So here are some brief thoughts in order of appearance. Some will be rated others will not because this is how I operate.
With Many Thanks To Newark: A grumpy as shit man gets seated next to an obnoxious as shit man on a flight. This dude will NOT stop talking and I felt for the grumpy guy SO much because I have no patience for that in general but especially when forced to take a trip I don’t even want to take like this guy here. I’m saying nothing more except that this feels like a lost episode of Tales from the Darkside and I LOVED that show so much. 3.5 stars
Arrearages features a misogynistic prick finds who hurts others with reckless abandon. I thought this was a ton of gruesome fun and I will not apologize for saying so