A review by nonesensed
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories by Women by Kim Lakin-Smith, Sarah Pinborough, Sarah Langan, Elizabeth Gaskell, Alison Littlewood, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Marion Arnott, Marie O'Regan, Muriel Gray, Nancy Kilpatrick, Lise Tuttle, Kelley Armstrong, Amelia B. Edwards, Nancy Holder, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Alex Bell, Gail Z. Martin, Elizabeth Massie, Lilith Saintcrow, Yvonne Navarro, Nina Allan, Mary Cholmondeley, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Edith Wharton, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Gaie Sebold
4.0
A collection of short stories centered on ghosts, written by women from the 18oos all the way to present time. Now, them being ghost stories does not mean they're all horror stories. Seeing as I was looking for horror stories when I bought this, I must admit I was a little disappointed, but that's not the stories' fault.
There are some real gems in here, and I didn't read anything that I didn't enjoy at some level. Just keep in mind that some of these stories will be pure fantasy, or steampunk, or just an eerie or melancholy take on what might happen if you met a ghost, instead of stories intended to horrify, and I think you'll enjoy it too.
There are some real gems in here, and I didn't read anything that I didn't enjoy at some level. Just keep in mind that some of these stories will be pure fantasy, or steampunk, or just an eerie or melancholy take on what might happen if you met a ghost, instead of stories intended to horrify, and I think you'll enjoy it too.