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tallpaul's review
4.0
An Illustrated History of Ghosts provides a great overview of all things relating to ghosts from ghost catching, to haunted locations, to the pranksters themselves. This book is such a tease. Although it gives serviceable descriptions of the content, it really just wets your lips before jumping to the next cool thing. Nevertheless, I loved it. It sparks the imagination and makes you want to dig deeper. The art in this book is so much fun and it's very colorful. My 8 year old and I love it!
On a side note, this book debunks just about all the big ghost stories and shines light on what actually happened. I thought this was quite interesting as I was expecting the opposite, I thought there'd be at least a little suspense or a feeling of fright... but no. I guess I just read too many magic books as a kid and am used to the "A good magician never reveals his secrets" stick. This is not a bad thing by any means, I simply thought it was interesting and worth noting.
Pros
Great art done in a crisp clipart style.
Nice quality paper and the cover even has a glossy ghost. So cool!
It's global. It glosses over ghosts sightings and stories across the globe.
Fantastic coffee table book imo.
Cons
The descriptions are quite short and leave you wanting more. (but this book spans 10,000 years of ghost history in 120+ pages... so...)
There are currently two other Illustrated History books by Adam Allsuch Boardman, filmmaking and UFOs. Two topics that I'm not interested in at all but am truly tempted to buy after reading this volume. I'm hoping to see more installments soon.
On a side note, this book debunks just about all the big ghost stories and shines light on what actually happened. I thought this was quite interesting as I was expecting the opposite, I thought there'd be at least a little suspense or a feeling of fright... but no. I guess I just read too many magic books as a kid and am used to the "A good magician never reveals his secrets" stick. This is not a bad thing by any means, I simply thought it was interesting and worth noting.
Pros
Great art done in a crisp clipart style.
Nice quality paper and the cover even has a glossy ghost. So cool!
It's global. It glosses over ghosts sightings and stories across the globe.
Fantastic coffee table book imo.
Cons
The descriptions are quite short and leave you wanting more. (but this book spans 10,000 years of ghost history in 120+ pages... so...)
There are currently two other Illustrated History books by Adam Allsuch Boardman, filmmaking and UFOs. Two topics that I'm not interested in at all but am truly tempted to buy after reading this volume. I'm hoping to see more installments soon.
books_around_the_corner's review
4.0
A great overall history of ghosts and interesting with the illustrations. It's definitely not a dry nonfiction read.
kindlelover1932's review
4.0
some grammatical errors but overall great overview and fantastic but simple illustrations
audreypalz's review
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
Great coffee table book, very fun illustrations and a lot of good info.