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A review by mx_manda
Howls From Hell by Grady Hendrix
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
A solid collection of diverse horror stories. Some much better written and executed than others.
The ones I enjoyed the most were It gets In Your Eyes, A Casual Encounter, and She’s Taken Away. I also really enjoyed Red and the Beast, but I’m not sure I agree that it’s a horror story and belonged in this collection. A dark, queer fairytale, for sure, and it would be a lovely expanded story as a novella.
Thought this volume could benefit from content warnings for each story in the back of the book, for those who may need them. I know I would have appreciated a heads up on a couple that were more heinously fatphobic than I expect when reading any kind of literature.
The ones I enjoyed the most were It gets In Your Eyes, A Casual Encounter, and She’s Taken Away. I also really enjoyed Red and the Beast, but I’m not sure I agree that it’s a horror story and belonged in this collection. A dark, queer fairytale, for sure, and it would be a lovely expanded story as a novella.
Thought this volume could benefit from content warnings for each story in the back of the book, for those who may need them. I know I would have appreciated a heads up on a couple that were more heinously fatphobic than I expect when reading any kind of literature.