A review by book_rascal
Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas by Jane Yolen, Jeanne C. Stein, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Maxwell I. Gold, Marge Simon, Joshua Viola, Kay Chronister, E. Lily Yu, Annie Neugebauer, Cameron E. Quinn, Josh Malerman, David Davies, Colleen Anderson, Carina Bissett, Tiffany Morris, Sean Eads, Juliana Spink Mills, Sara Cleto, Warren Hammond, Jimena Jurado, Angie Hodapp, Mario Acevedo, Christa Wojciechowski, Mercedes M. Yardley, Tim Waggoner, Betty Rocksteady, Sarah Read, Angela Yuriko Smith, Anastasia Garcia, Julia Rios, Brittany Warman, Gerardo Horacio Porcayo, Hillary Dodge, Christina Sng, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Kathryn Reilly, Owl Goingback, Lee Murray

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

 

I’m finding this book hard to describe. It’s a collection of short stories about folklore throughout the Americas told through a special book called the Shadow Atlas. There are illustrations and some of it is written like emails or memos. Most of the stories are creepy but not scary. There are monsters and anomalies described that are chilling and each story has it’s own. If you don’t like one, there is sure to be another coming along that you will. Each one will fill you with dread, think Poe. 

 

I really enjoyed reading this and some of these stories will stay with me awhile.