Reviews

Murder for Halloween by Michele Slung

aliena_jackson's review against another edition

I personally didn’t care for any of the stories. The writing was so subpar. DNF around page 200.

www_evelyn_com's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

jenniferlwatson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

rachellemarie's review against another edition

3.0

"Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things -- I'm telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe."

This Halloween season I've read alot of short story collections, this one I happened to pick up this past winter at a used bookstore bc it seemed like it would be a great read. 18 tales by 18 fairly well known authors... but alas this wasnt as spooky as I was hoping it would be.. more crime/mystery than all out scary. Standouts for me were of course Edgar Allan Poe's The Black Cat, Robert Bloch's The Cloak, and I was suprised to have really enjoyed Talmage Powell's Night of the Goblin.