A review by tyler_j
Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus, by
3.25
As typical with anthologies, some hits, some misses.
1st night of Krampus "Prodigious" - 5 stars
2nd night of Krampus "The Wicked Child" - 5 stars (Favorite!)
3rd night of Krampus "Marching Krampus" - 3.25 stars
4th night of Krampus "Peppermint Sticks" - 1 star, didn't get it
5th night of Krampus "Ring, Little Bell, Ring" - 1.5 stars, also didn't get it but was kinda catchy
6th night of Krampus "A Visit" - 4 stars
7th night of Krampus "Santa Claus and the little girl who loved to sing and dance" - 1 star, made me so angry i'd seriously consider giving the 4th and 5th one higher ratings just because I just didn't get them but this one actually made me angry! Ableism, Fat-phobia, TW: Eating Disorders (and no respect), R-Word, the little girl making me think of a female Dudley, but worse and going so far as to threaten Santa and say he r*ped her when he never touched her or anything just because he wouldn't break another girls ankles (she wanted a part in some commercial or something) and I seriously don't think that is something this world needs right now with the way r*pe culture is.
8th night of Krampus "Between the eyes" - 3.5 stars
9th night of Krampus "Nothing to Dread" - 1 star, I originally rated this 3.75 as it gave me some food for thought and taught me some things I didn't know because I don't know my history very well because the American school system sucks. However upon looking at other reviews the fact that one of the kids name is Jakob makes it incredibly racist against Jewish people. I had no idea it was a Jewish name. It's *possible* the name was an accident but given it's so clearly about the holocaust, if it wasn't on purpose than it was at least careless as care should have been taken to not give that kid, that ended up ruining the future (now past), a Jewish name. My average rating below has been changed though it still ends up being a 3 over-all.
10th night of Krampus "Raw Recruits" - 4 stars
11th night of Krampus "The God Killer" - 4.25 stars
12th night of Krampus "A Krampus Carol" - 5 stars (A close second favorite!)
Averaging out to 3.20 stars, so a 3. I enjoyed most of the stories and loved a few of them! I am glad to have read some of them and wish I could wash my brain of a couple of them.
1st night of Krampus "Prodigious" - 5 stars
2nd night of Krampus "The Wicked Child" - 5 stars (Favorite!)
3rd night of Krampus "Marching Krampus" - 3.25 stars
4th night of Krampus "Peppermint Sticks" - 1 star, didn't get it
5th night of Krampus "Ring, Little Bell, Ring" - 1.5 stars, also didn't get it but was kinda catchy
6th night of Krampus "A Visit" - 4 stars
7th night of Krampus "Santa Claus and the little girl who loved to sing and dance" - 1 star, made me so angry i'd seriously consider giving the 4th and 5th one higher ratings just because I just didn't get them but this one actually made me angry! Ableism, Fat-phobia, TW: Eating Disorders (and no respect), R-Word, the little girl making me think of a female Dudley, but worse and going so far as to threaten Santa and say he r*ped her when he never touched her or anything just because he wouldn't break another girls ankles (she wanted a part in some commercial or something) and I seriously don't think that is something this world needs right now with the way r*pe culture is.
8th night of Krampus "Between the eyes" - 3.5 stars
9th night of Krampus "Nothing to Dread" - 1 star, I originally rated this 3.75 as it gave me some food for thought and taught me some things I didn't know because I don't know my history very well because the American school system sucks. However upon looking at other reviews the fact that one of the kids name is Jakob makes it incredibly racist against Jewish people. I had no idea it was a Jewish name. It's *possible* the name was an accident but given it's so clearly about the holocaust, if it wasn't on purpose than it was at least careless as care should have been taken to not give that kid, that ended up ruining the future (now past), a Jewish name. My average rating below has been changed though it still ends up being a 3 over-all.
10th night of Krampus "Raw Recruits" - 4 stars
11th night of Krampus "The God Killer" - 4.25 stars
12th night of Krampus "A Krampus Carol" - 5 stars (A close second favorite!)
Averaging out to 3.20 stars, so a 3. I enjoyed most of the stories and loved a few of them! I am glad to have read some of them and wish I could wash my brain of a couple of them.