A review by mehsi
The Last Night in the Damned House and Other Ghost Stories by Elford Alley
A pretty spooky collection of stories. From haunted houses to wells that require sacrifices.
This was an anthology I found through Twitter and that sparked my interest. I just love spooky anthologies, there is always a story to enjoy, sometimes even many a story to enjoy~ I was eager to get to reading it, and yesterday I finally had time for it. And while there were plenty of stories in there that I enjoyed, with my favourite being The Last Night in the Damned House as it was frightening to hell, there were also stories that I disliked and had to drag my ass through (Legacy I am looking at you). I did love how many stories were connected to each other. Like the first story with the second and the second with the third. Yes, it was at first a bit confusing, but in the end I really liked that the author weaved things together. I love that we don’t just get ghosts but also things that crawl, corpse children, and demons looking like humans.
The only problems I had that at times (well OK, lot of times) the stories were a tad confusing, I think things could have been written better, questions answered. Now at times I just wasn’t enjoying a story a lot or I just didn’t feel the scariness because I had so many questions. Wondering what the fuck was going on. Also, at times characters could have written a bit more different, now at times I didn’t know who was talking until their name came up or a pronoun.
Here are the ratings per story (some combined as I felt the same for each chapter):
The Last Night in the Damned House: ★★★★1/2 (BEST STORY)
From the Well: ★1/2 stars
The House Waits: ★★★ stars
Hope #1 – #3: ★★★★ stars
Hope #4: ★★★1/2 stars
She’ll Stand in the Ashes: ★★★★ stars
Legacy #1-#5: ★ star (WORST
Legacy #6: ★★ stars STORY)
Cheers David: ★★★ stars
I am Going In: ★★★ stars
The Ghosts on Lake Steinbring: ★★★★ stars
In total I would rate this anthology: Star rating, 2.5 stars
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
This was an anthology I found through Twitter and that sparked my interest. I just love spooky anthologies, there is always a story to enjoy, sometimes even many a story to enjoy~ I was eager to get to reading it, and yesterday I finally had time for it. And while there were plenty of stories in there that I enjoyed, with my favourite being The Last Night in the Damned House as it was frightening to hell, there were also stories that I disliked and had to drag my ass through (Legacy I am looking at you). I did love how many stories were connected to each other. Like the first story with the second and the second with the third. Yes, it was at first a bit confusing, but in the end I really liked that the author weaved things together. I love that we don’t just get ghosts but also things that crawl, corpse children, and demons looking like humans.
The only problems I had that at times (well OK, lot of times) the stories were a tad confusing, I think things could have been written better, questions answered. Now at times I just wasn’t enjoying a story a lot or I just didn’t feel the scariness because I had so many questions. Wondering what the fuck was going on. Also, at times characters could have written a bit more different, now at times I didn’t know who was talking until their name came up or a pronoun.
Here are the ratings per story (some combined as I felt the same for each chapter):
The Last Night in the Damned House: ★★★★1/2 (BEST STORY)
From the Well: ★1/2 stars
The House Waits: ★★★ stars
Hope #1 – #3: ★★★★ stars
Hope #4: ★★★1/2 stars
She’ll Stand in the Ashes: ★★★★ stars
Legacy #1-#5: ★ star (WORST
Legacy #6: ★★ stars STORY)
Cheers David: ★★★ stars
I am Going In: ★★★ stars
The Ghosts on Lake Steinbring: ★★★★ stars
In total I would rate this anthology: Star rating, 2.5 stars
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/