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librisaddictus's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
juicebox24's review against another edition
5.0
Love it! The first book that creeped me out! And I just realized as an adult that its the same author of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
bhall237's review against another edition
5.0
“Once there was a girl named Jenny.
She was like all the other girls,
except for one thing.
She always wore a green ribbon
around her neck.”
Nostalgia is one of the strongest forces based in the human psyche that has no real rhyme or reason to it, where is one person might remember something finally from their childhood, another person might have hated it or been terrified of it. I have the strongest sense of nostalgia with this book specifically, along with Schwartz’s other collection of horror short stories, the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy. But my review of ad will come at a later date, for now, let’s travel back to when I was in first grade and reading this at a table with other children and the book was placed in a blue bin. I can still see the environment, I can still smell it, I can still hear it. And it is because of this book.
In my rereading of the book, now probably 16 years later, It’s a very standard run-of-the-mill collection of folktales from around the world, specifically that in the UK and the US. These really didn’t have too much of an impact on me then and even now they didn’t, except for the fucking green ribbon. Jesus Christ, the fact that more people my age don’t talk about the childhood trauma this story gave me makes me believe that people just didn’t read it because if they had, they would be as anxious as I am. Still fun, still very short, and will always hold a place in my heart for sparking my love of the horror genre, still my favorite genre of entertainment to this day.
She was like all the other girls,
except for one thing.
She always wore a green ribbon
around her neck.”
Nostalgia is one of the strongest forces based in the human psyche that has no real rhyme or reason to it, where is one person might remember something finally from their childhood, another person might have hated it or been terrified of it. I have the strongest sense of nostalgia with this book specifically, along with Schwartz’s other collection of horror short stories, the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy. But my review of ad will come at a later date, for now, let’s travel back to when I was in first grade and reading this at a table with other children and the book was placed in a blue bin. I can still see the environment, I can still smell it, I can still hear it. And it is because of this book.
In my rereading of the book, now probably 16 years later, It’s a very standard run-of-the-mill collection of folktales from around the world, specifically that in the UK and the US. These really didn’t have too much of an impact on me then and even now they didn’t, except for the fucking green ribbon. Jesus Christ, the fact that more people my age don’t talk about the childhood trauma this story gave me makes me believe that people just didn’t read it because if they had, they would be as anxious as I am. Still fun, still very short, and will always hold a place in my heart for sparking my love of the horror genre, still my favorite genre of entertainment to this day.
lapsedmarxist's review against another edition
4.5
the pride and joy of Sheffield once posited ‘…don’t believe the hype’ and for most of my life i’ve done well to live by that credo. until today. i caved in. and im glad i did. out of the lot ‘the green ribbon’ was my favorite. never will i look at a woman with a green ribbon around her neck the same way ever again. if patience is a virtue then my boy alfred deserves to be canonized into sainthood pronto. never has such sacrifice been compensated with such a derisory reward.
foofers1622's review against another edition
5.0
These must have been super creepy for my first grade self!
kice7788's review
4.0
Love love love this book!!! I’ve loved it since I was young! Of course the green ribbon girl is my favorite story but I still love all of them! A great scary book for kids without giving them nightmares!!