pamelarope's review
1.0
Oh, my. At least the author's heart was in the right place. I identify with his obsession with the Scary Stories books and his desire for more. Unfortunately, this book doesn't hold a candle to the original. The stories, although a few had potential, are amateur at best and awkwardly written. They sound like something I would have attempted to write in fifth grade. The originals at least were based off of urban legends and folklore. Most of the stories in this book don't even make a lot of sense. The original stories had a meaning to them, usually an innocent person gets caught up in strange circumstances, or a guilty person gets their just desserts. The author seemed to just want to tell odd stories with random twists at the end, such as the story about the girl getting attacked while she was sleeping and then the doctors finding sewing needles in her body. Why sewing needles? This was such a disappointment to me. Go read Half Minute Horrors for a true horror story fix.
sorapandora's review
3.0
The illustrations in this are absolutely flawless - The artist captured Gammel’s style perfectly. The stories range from good to bad... I’m giving them 3 stars instead of 4 because a few of them are more depressing than disturbing in a scary way. But I do really appreciate the effort these guys put into the tribute. Their love for the original trilogy definitely shines through!
grammarchick's review
2.0
While I admire these guys for taking their love of the classic scary stories to the level of creating their own volume, the stories just weren't creepy or memorable to me. The two stars are solely for the illustrations, which were definitely on point and would be right at home in Mr Schwartz' work.
kmk182's review
2.0
This reads more like someone's dream journal. A lot of stories that just don't make much sense; there are just a bunch of random spooky things thrown together and a one sentence "got ya" at the end.
thaidyedmissy's review
3.0
Like Tuckfield and Hunt, I read the original three Scary Story books as a child and like Hunt mentions in his "letter" at the end of the book, I had forgotten about these books until one day (as an adult) I stumbled across the Teasury. When I saw the Teasury, all the memories of reading the book and being freaked out by the illustrations came rushing back and I had to have that book.
When I learned that Tuckfield and Hunt had written/illustrated this tribute, I immediately ordered a copy. For the most part, I enjoyed the stories. However, Hunt's illustrations really hit the mark. Had I not known differently, I would have thought the same artist illustrated all 4 books.
When I learned that Tuckfield and Hunt had written/illustrated this tribute, I immediately ordered a copy. For the most part, I enjoyed the stories. However, Hunt's illustrations really hit the mark. Had I not known differently, I would have thought the same artist illustrated all 4 books.
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