Reviews

A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson

dogsbooksandpizza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This colllection was so unsettling in the best way. I especially appreciated the focus on paranoia and abject fear, which Evenson writes so well. I’d like to remember this collection, too, for its title story: one of my students read it and it deeply affected him, which made me reread it and consider it in new ways. It made me appreciate the story on a different level. I was also deeply impacted by “Cult,” “Seaside Town,” “The Dust,” and “Click.”

achurxh's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

fernoftheforest's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

oneironaut's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

obnorthrup's review against another edition

4.0

A dark and fascinating collection.

elsss7's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

saltycorpse's review

4.0

Favourite stories in this collection:
Black Bark
The Dust
Any Corpse

I love Brian Evenson's short fiction because it's so unsettling and a type of horror that exists all in the extrapolations that the reader makes in between the lines.

gsroney's review against another edition

4.0

These chilling and unsettling stories were a perfect October read. In less talented hands, some of them say have seemed cheesy. Instead, they feel eerie. One is never sure what is going on, never sure if the narrator can be trusted, or if they are, in fact, going mad.

amy_da1sy's review against another edition

3.0

I was really hoping for more with these short stories

torisaur's review against another edition

4.0

I read the first half of this book by lantern in a tent in the woods. All paranoia and slow descents into insanity, it was perfectly atmospheric for camping.