A review by ohhdeanna
The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Eight by Ellen Datlow

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

I listened to this as an audiobook and I actually think I would have rated it higher if I had read it in a physical copy. Either way, this was a really enjoyable experience. I liked the vast majority of the stories (especially the ones by Neil Gaiman and Carmen Maria Machado!!) and a couple of them genuinely freaked me out. I thought this was a great collection and I know that Ellen Datlow has great taste in horror fiction so I know that other volumes will be equally awesome. This is a series that I think I would like to own as physical copies one day! I can't recommend it enough.