Reviews

Silverweed Road by Simon Crook

caitsidhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I like the concept of a set of horror shorts connected by one, strange community, all the terrible things interconnecting and happening almost at once. The weakest part was the police officer notes, and as always happens some stories were much better than others. Overall worth a read, but not brilliant.

allyreadabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A solid, thrilling anthology. Crook’s prose is both beautiful and terrifying. The villains in these stories rang from the supernatural to the more mundane, but each is fearsome in its own right. The stories are so creative and can stand alone. The device that links them all together is just the cherry on top of the sundae.  Would definitely read more of Crook’s work.

annaonthepage's review against another edition

Narration was too monotonous (a few stories in).

catsandbones's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

cilie's review against another edition

3.5

Really liked the first couple of stories, but then I felt like it quickly became just more of the same, until the last story that explores why all these things are happening on this particular road. I liked the nods to those who came before seeing nods to Poe's "the Raven", Tolkien's "the lord of the rings" and Hellraiser, there were probably more that I missed. I also liked the interconnections of the stories, that events form earlier stories shows up as a sidenote in later stories.  
A little to much body horror to my taste and I would personally have wanted it to be shorter.

megare's review against another edition

5.0

What a fantastic piece of horrorcraft!

swalk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.25

zoeferry's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.25

amythereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

zoe_reads87's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I’d not usually go for a short stories book however I really enjoyed this one and I’m glad I took a punt on buying it. I loved how each story had a tenuous link to each other. Whether it was from cameos in each of the stories or the links from the disgraced detective after each one. My favourite was definitely ‘Dust’. I’ll definitely be reading more from this author.