pamwinkler's review
4.0
Overall, a really good collection.
Ice Cold Lemonade 25c Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person by Paul Tremblay - was ok. The story was mostly good, but I didn't like the ending much.
Linger Longer by Vincent J. Masterson was interesting and good.
Whimper Beg by Lee Thomas didn't go where I thought it was going to go. It was good.
The July Girls by Alison Littlewood was interesting. I didn't think it would go like that.
About the O'Dells by Pat Cadigan was wonderful and spooky.
A Hinterlands Haunting by Richard Kadrey was ok? It had bad positioning.
The Number of Things You Remember by M.L. Siemienowicz was ok? I didn't like it much.
Must Be This Tall to Ride by Seanan McGuire was wonderful.
The Surviving Child by Joyce Carol Oates was good. I didn't think it was going to go that way.
The Medium's End by Ford Madox Ford was lovely.
A Shade of Dusk by Indrapramit Das was good and kind of confusing.
Icarus Rising by Richard Bowes was odd. It was not what I expected.
The Puppet Motel by Gemma Files was wonderful, very good in a cosmic horror sense. I loved it, but I really like her stuff.
Air Valve Semilunar Astern by Nick Mamatas was weird. I didn't have much of a clue what was going on, even after I finished.
The Unwrapping by Terry Dowling was interesting.
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford is an oldy but goody.
A Burning Sword For Her Cradle by Aliette de Bodard was very interesting.
Precipice by Dale Bailey was good. I didn't quite get the ending.
The Shooter by M. Rickert was pretty horrifying.
The Tree of Self-Knowledge by Stephen Graham Jones was interesting and then very nasty.
The Other Woman by Alice Hoffman was good.
The Loneliness of Not Being Haunted by Bracken MacLeod was confusing at first, but good.
Mee-Ow by Garth Nix was pretty good.
Jasper Dodd's Handbook of Spirits and Manifestations by Nathan Ballingrud was painful and good.
His Haunting by Brian Evenson was good.
The Jeweled Wren by Jeffrey Ford was weird. I wasn't sure if I got it.
The Air, the Ocean, the Earth, the Deep by Siobhan Carroll was interesting.
The Ghost Sequences by A.C. Wise was lovely and weird.
Deep, Fast, Green by Carole Johnstone was good.
Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs by John Langan was fantastic.
Ice Cold Lemonade 25c Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person by Paul Tremblay - was ok. The story was mostly good, but I didn't like the ending much.
Linger Longer by Vincent J. Masterson was interesting and good.
Whimper Beg by Lee Thomas didn't go where I thought it was going to go. It was good.
The July Girls by Alison Littlewood was interesting. I didn't think it would go like that.
About the O'Dells by Pat Cadigan was wonderful and spooky.
A Hinterlands Haunting by Richard Kadrey was ok? It had bad positioning.
The Number of Things You Remember by M.L. Siemienowicz was ok? I didn't like it much.
Must Be This Tall to Ride by Seanan McGuire was wonderful.
The Surviving Child by Joyce Carol Oates was good. I didn't think it was going to go that way.
The Medium's End by Ford Madox Ford was lovely.
A Shade of Dusk by Indrapramit Das was good and kind of confusing.
Icarus Rising by Richard Bowes was odd. It was not what I expected.
The Puppet Motel by Gemma Files was wonderful, very good in a cosmic horror sense. I loved it, but I really like her stuff.
Air Valve Semilunar Astern by Nick Mamatas was weird. I didn't have much of a clue what was going on, even after I finished.
The Unwrapping by Terry Dowling was interesting.
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford is an oldy but goody.
A Burning Sword For Her Cradle by Aliette de Bodard was very interesting.
Precipice by Dale Bailey was good. I didn't quite get the ending.
The Shooter by M. Rickert was pretty horrifying.
The Tree of Self-Knowledge by Stephen Graham Jones was interesting and then very nasty.
The Other Woman by Alice Hoffman was good.
The Loneliness of Not Being Haunted by Bracken MacLeod was confusing at first, but good.
Mee-Ow by Garth Nix was pretty good.
Jasper Dodd's Handbook of Spirits and Manifestations by Nathan Ballingrud was painful and good.
His Haunting by Brian Evenson was good.
The Jeweled Wren by Jeffrey Ford was weird. I wasn't sure if I got it.
The Air, the Ocean, the Earth, the Deep by Siobhan Carroll was interesting.
The Ghost Sequences by A.C. Wise was lovely and weird.
Deep, Fast, Green by Carole Johnstone was good.
Natalya, Queen of the Hungry Dogs by John Langan was fantastic.
knifed's review
4.0
so many good stories here; a.c. wise, paul tremblay, and indrapramit das's stories particularly stayed with me. many different interpretations of a haunting, all wonderfully and carefully constructed.
raforall's review
5.0
Star review in Booklist and on blog: https://raforall.blogspot.com/2019/07/what-im-reading-echoes.html
Three Words That Describe This Book: full range of horror, modern ghost stories, coming of age themes
Three Words That Describe This Book: full range of horror, modern ghost stories, coming of age themes
ericgaryanderson's review
4.0
Another excellent Datlow anthology. Some genuinely spooky stories here, and now I hope that a rage ghost never runs full speed at me, screaming. For example. I thought that several of the stories were better in their set-up than in their endings, but, anticlimaxes aside, this is good stuff.
czoltak's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
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Even though I didnβt enjoy every single story, I did have a great time overall in completing this anthology.
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About The OβDellβs (Pat Cadigan)
A Hinterlands Haunting (Richard Kadrey)
The Shooter (M. Rickert)
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The Puppet Motel (Gemma Files)
His Haunting (Brian Evenson)
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5 βοΈ = 3
4 βοΈ = 9
3 βοΈ = 5
2 βοΈ = 8
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ninjamuse's review
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Body horror, Drug use, and Mass/school shootings
wittyandsarcasticbookclub's review
4.0
This collection is good, spooky fun! The fact that no one story felt like another is incredibly impressive in and of itself. From feeling like eating sβmores while reading, to getting a shivery feeling, this book has it all. A few stories even came across as Scary Stories to Read in the Dark for adults (Must Be This Tall to Ride by Seanan McGuire comes to mind) , which was awesome.
This book contains so much that Iβm going to just mention a few of the stories that stood out to me.
* A Hinterlands Haunting by Richard Kadrey was one of the shorter stories in this collection. It was also one of the most fun ones. Not in the least bit spooky, it was funny and absolutely unique. Maybe funny isnβt the right word to use when discussing things that go bump in the night, but I laughed.
*The Surviving Child by Joyce Carol Oates: Sad and introspective, this was undoubtedly one of the most well-written in the collection. I loved it.
*Must Be This Tall to Ride by Seanan McGuire definitely had a βscary stories around a campfireβ vibe to it. Short and fun, this one stood out to me.
*His Haunting by Brian Evenson was the one that felt the most eerie to me. It was something in the way it was told, I think. While none of the stories actually scared me, this one came the closest.
This is a good collection, especially with Halloween in a couple of months. Pick it up and tell me what you think!
This book contains so much that Iβm going to just mention a few of the stories that stood out to me.
* A Hinterlands Haunting by Richard Kadrey was one of the shorter stories in this collection. It was also one of the most fun ones. Not in the least bit spooky, it was funny and absolutely unique. Maybe funny isnβt the right word to use when discussing things that go bump in the night, but I laughed.
*The Surviving Child by Joyce Carol Oates: Sad and introspective, this was undoubtedly one of the most well-written in the collection. I loved it.
*Must Be This Tall to Ride by Seanan McGuire definitely had a βscary stories around a campfireβ vibe to it. Short and fun, this one stood out to me.
*His Haunting by Brian Evenson was the one that felt the most eerie to me. It was something in the way it was told, I think. While none of the stories actually scared me, this one came the closest.
This is a good collection, especially with Halloween in a couple of months. Pick it up and tell me what you think!
themadmaiden's review
5.0
This one took a while to read but it was worth it. So many good ghost stories that even a few that didn't quite hit for me weren't enough to really dock it down a notch.
Ellen Datlow is so good at collecting interesting stories for her books.
Ellen Datlow is so good at collecting interesting stories for her books.
stephrabig's review
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0