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jenpaul13's review against another edition
4.0
Women are capable of so many fascinating and wondrous things, including penning tales about eerie, haunting things as demonstrated in Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson.
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With a long list of women who have helped to craft and shape genres beloved by many, this collection provides some surface-level background for those women who have greatly contributed to furthering the literary canon of horror, Gothic, speculative, psychological, and weird fiction while offering suggestions of other works and authors readers might enjoy based on the specific woman's writing being briefly discussed. With the lives of the women seeming to mirror the boundaries they challenged within their writing, these authors have had a lasting impact on the literary world; even if their names might not be immediately familiar, their work is likely to be as it has been incorporated or adapted for the screen over the years. The structure of this collection is part biography and part suggested reading, separated into general categories of haunting fiction with accompanying illustrations to set the mood and each woman's work is demarcated by a notable pull-quote from her writing. A decent introductory read for the spooky Halloween season, it will likely add some new and classic stories to add to your reading list.
To read this, and other book reviews, visit my website: http://makinggoodstories.wordpress.com/.
With a long list of women who have helped to craft and shape genres beloved by many, this collection provides some surface-level background for those women who have greatly contributed to furthering the literary canon of horror, Gothic, speculative, psychological, and weird fiction while offering suggestions of other works and authors readers might enjoy based on the specific woman's writing being briefly discussed. With the lives of the women seeming to mirror the boundaries they challenged within their writing, these authors have had a lasting impact on the literary world; even if their names might not be immediately familiar, their work is likely to be as it has been incorporated or adapted for the screen over the years. The structure of this collection is part biography and part suggested reading, separated into general categories of haunting fiction with accompanying illustrations to set the mood and each woman's work is demarcated by a notable pull-quote from her writing. A decent introductory read for the spooky Halloween season, it will likely add some new and classic stories to add to your reading list.
kaigar96's review against another edition
4.0
Monster, She Wrote is a useful reference on some of the key women who shaped the gothic, horror, and speculative fiction genres. Lisa Kroger provides ample information on a wide range of women authors, including modern writers, to look into how they created and shaped genres typically described in the "male sphere". This book combines biographies with "suggested reading" guides that the reader can use to learn more about the women mentioned. I definitely found myself saving books mentioned to build up my fall gothic reading list.
I hope Kroger writes similar books that delves into other topics/genres because I feel that it's much needed!
I hope Kroger writes similar books that delves into other topics/genres because I feel that it's much needed!
manglitter's review against another edition
4.0
Really a must read for any reader. I discovered some new great writers that I will try to read some of their works if I can find them. This book was so well written and enjoyable for my curious mind because I learnt a lot about styles and genres when it comes to gothic and horror books.
caracabe's review against another edition
4.0
An interesting book in itself, and a good resource to plan your future reading. My TBR list has grown by a few dozen titles. I’m happy that this book starts with Margaret Cavendish, and that it includes Nobel laureate Toni Morrison as a horror writer.
joannchilada's review against another edition
4.0
Super informative, introduced me to a number of authors I haven’t read. As for authors I have read, there were great suggestions for books and stories I haven’t read. For each author, there is a brief summary of their background, how they came to writing horror and speculative fiction, recommended reading, and similar authors/stories/novels that you may enjoy. I’ve already gone down a rabbit hole that introduced me to a book not even mentioned in this book. My to be read list will just keep growing as a result. Not a bad thing!
endlsdremr's review against another edition
Too many other exciting books checked out from library.