Reviews

These Our Monsters by Alison MacLeod, Sarah Moss, Sarah Hall, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Edward Carey, Adam Thorpe, Paul Kingsnorth, English Heritage, Fiona Mozley

katiemorgan77's review against another edition

5.0

Thought these were going to be lighthearted fairy tale - esque, but instead, it is a collection of creepy, dark folktales, which I love.

Some of my favourites include
Great Pucklands
Goibert of The Moon
The Dark Thread
Breaknecky

c_j_mk2's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Sadly, the eight new stories in this aren't nearly as good as the lore they were inspired by from English Heritage sites, which is included in the back in its own section. Only two of them really worked, personally, with the rest feeling slightly 'writing exercise-y', while the introduction and the section of sites' histories and tales at the back were much more interesting.

erica_lynn_huberty's review against another edition

4.0

Not as brilliant as ‘Eight Ghosts,’ the companion anthology for English Heritage, this compilation of short stories based on folktales (or folk horrors) set at various Heritage sites and written by authors such as Sarah Moss, is nevertheless very enjoyable.