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iced__honey's review
3.0
I only read the short story "The Autopsy".
I read this short story because I saw the TV adaptation by Guillermo Del Toro's show "Cabinet of Curiosities." This is my first time willingly venturing into horror literature. Having watched the episode helped me understand the short story better.
Though, the most difficult part of this short story was the flowery writing. I found myself needing to constantly reference my dictionary. This isn't a particularly bad aspect of the story, but rather a disruptive one on my part.
On top of that, the last third of the short story, one particular character talks too much. There was so much conversation, that the plot seemed second to his monologue.
What I did enjoy was the ways in which zombies, aliens, parasites, demons, predators and cannibals were explored. These tropes were explored all within fifty pages and I found that to be quite amusing.
I'd recommend this short story to anyone that first watched "Cabinet of Curiosities." Beyond that, I think it is a particularly niched short story that not many folks would enjoy reading.
I read this short story because I saw the TV adaptation by Guillermo Del Toro's show "Cabinet of Curiosities." This is my first time willingly venturing into horror literature. Having watched the episode helped me understand the short story better.
Though, the most difficult part of this short story was the flowery writing. I found myself needing to constantly reference my dictionary. This isn't a particularly bad aspect of the story, but rather a disruptive one on my part.
On top of that, the last third of the short story, one particular character talks too much. There was so much conversation, that the plot seemed second to his monologue.
What I did enjoy was the ways in which zombies, aliens, parasites, demons, predators and cannibals were explored. These tropes were explored all within fifty pages and I found that to be quite amusing.
I'd recommend this short story to anyone that first watched "Cabinet of Curiosities." Beyond that, I think it is a particularly niched short story that not many folks would enjoy reading.
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