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raforall's review
4.0
Review in the February 1, 2018 issue of Booklist Magazine and on the blog: http://raforall.blogspot.com/2018/02/what-im-reading-novel-novella-and.html
executivespooky's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 Stars.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. That being said, I wish I had better things to say.
The book is a collection of scary/spooky/gothic/weird stories and some of them were really good. Unfortunately, I found some of them to not be for me. I like horror and scary stories, the gothic theme/aesthetic are 100% my speed, but this was hard to get through at times.
I tend to like my spooky stories a little more grounded in reality and some of these were just a little too abstract for me to follow. Mr. Speegle is clearly a talented writer, but I got sick of the same kind of character structure coupled with the same lack of story structure.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. That being said, I wish I had better things to say.
The book is a collection of scary/spooky/gothic/weird stories and some of them were really good. Unfortunately, I found some of them to not be for me. I like horror and scary stories, the gothic theme/aesthetic are 100% my speed, but this was hard to get through at times.
I tend to like my spooky stories a little more grounded in reality and some of these were just a little too abstract for me to follow. Mr. Speegle is clearly a talented writer, but I got sick of the same kind of character structure coupled with the same lack of story structure.
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