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reubenalbatross 's review for:
At Home with the Horrors
by Sammy Scott
DID NOT FINISH: 34%
If I read each of these stories independently, I definitely would have enjoyed them a lot more. My issue with this collection is that all of the stories follow a very similar circular narrative, and after two or three versions of it I got pretty bored.
I pushed through to the story 'Re-birth', as reviews state that’s the best story, and I'm glad I did because it was great. However, I can't bring myself to read any further anticipating that it would just be the same cyclical stories over and over again. The last one I read was one good, we'll leave it at that.
My short reviews for the stories I read are as follows:
What We Have Here - 4 stars
Definitely fucked, but ended a little abruptly so was an unsatisfying ending.
Theresa - 5 stars
Fucking heartbreaking.
Blackbird - 2.5 stars
Kinda good, but very similar to 'Theresa'.
The Sisters - 3.5 stars
Creepy, but left a lot unexplained for me to be fully convinced by the story.
Peeping Tommy - 3.75 stars
Really did creep me out, but the ending came out of the blue and I felt like nothing had led up to it.
Becca - 3 stars
This is where I started to realise all of the stories felt very similar. In isolation, this would have been pretty good, but was again the same cyclical story that was feeling overdone already.
Sleeptalker - 3.25 stars
Once again, a great concept, but the same cyclical story.
Re-birth - 5 stars
OUTSTANDING. Glad I didn't DNF before this one. It is still the same cyclical narrative, but done incredibly well.
Overall rating for read stories - 3.75 stars
I pushed through to the story 'Re-birth', as reviews state that’s the best story, and I'm glad I did because it was great. However, I can't bring myself to read any further anticipating that it would just be the same cyclical stories over and over again. The last one I read was one good, we'll leave it at that.
My short reviews for the stories I read are as follows:
What We Have Here - 4 stars
Definitely fucked, but ended a little abruptly so was an unsatisfying ending.
Theresa - 5 stars
Fucking heartbreaking.
Blackbird - 2.5 stars
Kinda good, but very similar to 'Theresa'.
The Sisters - 3.5 stars
Creepy, but left a lot unexplained for me to be fully convinced by the story.
Peeping Tommy - 3.75 stars
Really did creep me out, but the ending came out of the blue and I felt like nothing had led up to it.
Becca - 3 stars
This is where I started to realise all of the stories felt very similar. In isolation, this would have been pretty good, but was again the same cyclical story that was feeling overdone already.
Sleeptalker - 3.25 stars
Once again, a great concept, but the same cyclical story.
Re-birth - 5 stars
OUTSTANDING. Glad I didn't DNF before this one. It is still the same cyclical narrative, but done incredibly well.
Overall rating for read stories - 3.75 stars