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A review by shalini_rasamdaa
Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters by John Langan, Paul Tremblay
4.0
Really enjoyed
Creature from the Black Lagoon
-- Very interesting protagonist, sad ending but somehow fitting
Under Cover of the Night
-- Wonderfully suspenseful, element of unknowable horror, left wanting for more.
Rawhead Rex -primally terrifying! Excellent.
Hollow Man - Dread and hopelessness, unknowable terror. Sad for the first hollow man, but the second probably deserved it, that dampened the horror.
Not From Around Here - genuinely terrifying, overtly erotic but that is cleverly used as a horror element. Triumphant and bittersweet ending.
Really disliked
Among Their Bright Eyes
-- pointless, sexual element unnecessary and contributes nothing, do not care for the protagonists
The rest are just so-so, either not so memorable or not at all terrifying. At least even the story I disliked made an impression, the rest just went off-radar. That's worse than being disliked, I think.
Rated 4 because the good stuff is really good.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
-- Very interesting protagonist, sad ending but somehow fitting
Under Cover of the Night
-- Wonderfully suspenseful, element of unknowable horror, left wanting for more.
Rawhead Rex -primally terrifying! Excellent.
Hollow Man - Dread and hopelessness, unknowable terror. Sad for the first hollow man, but the second probably deserved it, that dampened the horror.
Not From Around Here - genuinely terrifying, overtly erotic but that is cleverly used as a horror element. Triumphant and bittersweet ending.
Really disliked
Among Their Bright Eyes
-- pointless, sexual element unnecessary and contributes nothing, do not care for the protagonists
The rest are just so-so, either not so memorable or not at all terrifying. At least even the story I disliked made an impression, the rest just went off-radar. That's worse than being disliked, I think.
Rated 4 because the good stuff is really good.