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A Book Of Horrors. Edited By Stephen Jones (2012)

by Stephen Jones(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0857388118 (ISBN13: 9780857388117)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Jo Fletcher

review 1: I knew that this would be my kind of horror as soon as I read the sentence "What the hell happened to the horror genre?"I agree with Stephen Jones that horror has been corrupted by romance. Jones was right to say that not every story was to my liking, in fact I still fail to see how the stores "Charcloth, Firesteel and Flint" and "Alice Through the Plastic Sheet" are considered horror. I did however find several on the stories very creepy, with "Ghosts with Teeth", "The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", "Roots and All", and "The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer" making the most impression on me. "The Little Green God of Agony" had less of a horror affect on me and more of a saddening affect, I suffer from chronic pain and I've faced pain specialists who are out of touch with what... more real chronic pain is like. It was very sad to be reminded of how many people think those with chronic pain are lazy rather than having a true understand of what it's like to be in so much pain it makes taking a breath hard. Not every story in this book will be to everyone's liking but there are without a doubt at least one or two that every true horror fan will like.
review 2: I have been let down by a lot of horror anthologies, but A Book of Horrors delivered for me. Most of the stories in this collection are very solid. One especially noteworthy story is "The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer" by John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of "Let the Right One In". This story left me chilled. Also worth mentioning is "Sad Dark Thing" by Michael Marshall Smith. This is a heartbreaking tale, and very worth reading. less

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