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Dark Carnival
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Man, this collection of short stories of horror, by the sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury, which started so promisingly, went downhill in the latter half. I read the first 2/3rds of the book in a couple of sittings, but struggled on the last third over a fortnight.
This feeling intensified, especially as I read the last tale, of a women stuck in a ghastly Mexican town, who can't seem to be able to leave. Bradbury describes in detail how time slows down for her, with every hour, every minute dragging on. And this mirrored my own mind so eerily accurately, as I felt my teeth gnash as I tried to finish the book.
The stories contained herein, though the belong squarely in the horror genre, are seldom scary. Most of them have twists at the end, some of them fiendishly clever, others not so much.
3 of the stories are about a family of monsters, a dark variation on the stereotypical large American family, with vampire fathers and werewolf uncles.
The uneven quality of the stories, stops this book from achieving true horror greatness.
This feeling intensified, especially as I read the last tale, of a women stuck in a ghastly Mexican town, who can't seem to be able to leave. Bradbury describes in detail how time slows down for her, with every hour, every minute dragging on. And this mirrored my own mind so eerily accurately, as I felt my teeth gnash as I tried to finish the book.
The stories contained herein, though the belong squarely in the horror genre, are seldom scary. Most of them have twists at the end, some of them fiendishly clever, others not so much.
3 of the stories are about a family of monsters, a dark variation on the stereotypical large American family, with vampire fathers and werewolf uncles.
The uneven quality of the stories, stops this book from achieving true horror greatness.
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Dec 17, 2015 09:01AM
If you like short horror stories, you might like to read 'haunted' by Chuck Palahniuk. I haven't read it myself but the reviews are good. Apparently some people couldn't even finish the book without fainting or feeling sick in the gut, or so they claim !!
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Thanks Akshay, will check it out. I'm a fan of short stories in general, not just horror
Is it worth finding a copy on eBay or Amazon - they're going for $300 up! Checking Wikipedia - looks like all but 5 stories are reprinted in other volumes like October country .
