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A review by lynchy8
The Haunted Dolls' House and Other Ghost Stories by M.R. James, S.T. Joshi
4.0
M.R. James is meant to be one of the best writers of ghost stories, and certainly his beginnings are very atmospheric. He is very good at scene-setting and building you up... Only for a number of his stories to end in 2 maybe 3 paragraphs; the supernatural equivalent of "they all went home for tea".
Some of the stories are really good - I particularly enjoyed "A Warning to the Curious", "Rats", and "the Wailing Well". Plenty were really good to start (I loved the premise of "A View From A Hill") but just needed 5 or more paragraphs to tidy the ending.
I still give it 4 stars for the knowledge of folklore, Shakespeare references, and that the stories were enjoyable, even if they did end rather suddenly.
Some of the stories are really good - I particularly enjoyed "A Warning to the Curious", "Rats", and "the Wailing Well". Plenty were really good to start (I loved the premise of "A View From A Hill") but just needed 5 or more paragraphs to tidy the ending.
I still give it 4 stars for the knowledge of folklore, Shakespeare references, and that the stories were enjoyable, even if they did end rather suddenly.