American Ghost Stories edition by Shana Dines Ian Rutter Literature Fiction eBooks
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American Ghost Stories is a collection of fictional short stories written by Shana Dines. Subtle horror unexpected is many times more chilling and terrifying than horror that smacks you in the face.
American Ghost Stories edition by Shana Dines Ian Rutter Literature Fiction eBooks
As someone else stated, the inane over-descriptions of unimportant minutiae made reading a bit painful. The overall writing is, although not the worst I've come across (hardly), but it would have benefited from a good editor. I stopped reading when I got to this:"Jenna felt an inexplicable loneliness. It haunted her since the death of her husband Gary."
I mean, how is Jenna's loneliness "inexplicable"? The poor thing recently had her beloved husband die, for pete's sake-seems like a fairly good reason as any for feelings of loneliness!
Beyond that, the fact that every story that I DID manage to wade through made at least some mention of the lord, god, or faith giving the character's strength bothered me, personally, a tad. I have no problem with people's belief, or expressing their faith through their writings, but I have a major pet peeve with what I like to call "stealth prosthelytizing",where the author chooses to omit any mention/warning anywhere in the description of the work. But again, this is my personal peeve.
I think Ms. Dines could well become a competent writer, given time and practice(and an editor). She just isn't quite there yet.
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American Ghost Stories edition by Shana Dines Ian Rutter Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I agree with the other one star reviews. This was a horrible book that needs editing. There are too many grammatical and punctuation errors. The author uses too many adverbs to the point of it getting annoying. The stories are not entertaining, definitely not scary and repetitive. There are eight stories and half of them are about haunted dolls. One story, 'The Haunted Clown Doll' made no sense. The mother who has a terrible fear of clowns decides to buy a clown doll for her small daughter. Of course it's haunted...ugh!
Most of the stories seemed to be the same and revolved around the fear of dolls. All of the stories could have benefitted from some editing in order to have the story flow better and make more sense at certain spots. There was an inconsistency in the writing, at times painfully slow and detailed where it was unnecessary and at other points where the sense of foreboding could have been added to help build the suspense, the author seems to rush.
Overall, it is not the worst book I have ever read. The stories did have some basic ideas that seemed good
Sometimes when a horror, terror, mystery story is written the unexpected subtle horror is more chilling and terrifying than those that are blankly obvious.
When you are in the dark of night or even in a bad storm and your guard is down you may feel terror and fright, it is to be expected but when you are terrified in broad day light that is another story. So no matter what the time of day, noontime or midnight; whatever the weather may be; bright and sunny or pitch dark or slightly overcast, when you decide to read this book be prepared to be terrified.
These stories are not scary. They did not give me the chills or the creeps. They did not even make me double check to make sure my front door was locked. If I were to summarize, I'd say this small collection of stories of varying lengths are mostly about terrible human beings, and three stories about possessed dolls. Yes, three. One probably would have been enough. Actually one of the dolls was a vacuum cleaner cover, so I'm not sure if that counts? The whole collection is short, and will not take you longer than a sandwich to finish. The writing is also fairly terrible, I spotted several typos, and run-on sentences. Did she have anyone read her work before she published her book? I guess I should stop downloading free books on . This book may have cured me of that habit for awhile.
It was hard to rate this book. It's such a mixed bag. Some of the stories are poor, one is actually quite good and the rest are mediocre.
I will start with the best. I liked most of "A Friend for Sarah". There was a bit of meandering about before we finally meet Mathilda, Sarah's friend. The descriptions of her and her home were delightfully creepy and I enjoyed it. It's not a scary story, none of these stories are frightening, but that one is interesting at least. The characters feel more fleshed out than the other stories. Mathilda's speech pattern was well done.
"The Haunted Clown Doll" needs work - a lot of work - and it could be a good story. The main character has a fear of clowns, yet buys a clown doll for her child. The child didn't ask for it, but it was there and the protagonist bought and no rational reason is given for such a purchase. Yes, she says she doesn't want to instill her fears in her daughter, but I'm not buying it. It might have worked better if the doll had come into the house as a gift from a relative or something. The protagonist tries to burn the doll at one point and the thing won't burn. (Of course). So, when she gets another opportunity to destroy it, what does she do? She tries to burn it again! There's also some bit about naming the doll for a clown that once molested the protagonist. I'm not sure this woman is playing with a full deck.
There's another Mathilda in the book and she happens to be a doll. I'd be inclined to say the author could stretch her imagination a bit and try to think beyond dolls and the name Mathilda, but then again - this Mathilda is not just a doll but some kind of thing one puts over a vacuum cleaner. Unless I read that wrong. It's certainly original, but I never really thought of a vacuum cleaner protector as a scary thing.
If you buy this, skip "Just Desserts". You won't miss a thing. It's sloppy. The characters are irritating (even the ones I think we're supposed to like). The writing is weak and juvenile and feels like something written for a junior high creative writing class - written at the last minute over breakfast the day it is due. It's really a poor choice for the first story in the book. I saw other reviewers saying they gave up after a few pages or after the first story. I would suggest Ms. Dines delete that story from future editions. There's nothing worth saving in it. Skip the last story, too. The one about Billy and the monster in his closet. It's very short, but it amounts to nothing but a detailed description of child abuse with a pathetically stupid ending.
As someone else stated, the inane over-descriptions of unimportant minutiae made reading a bit painful. The overall writing is, although not the worst I've come across (hardly), but it would have benefited from a good editor. I stopped reading when I got to this
"Jenna felt an inexplicable loneliness. It haunted her since the death of her husband Gary."
I mean, how is Jenna's loneliness "inexplicable"? The poor thing recently had her beloved husband die, for pete's sake-seems like a fairly good reason as any for feelings of loneliness!
Beyond that, the fact that every story that I DID manage to wade through made at least some mention of the lord, god, or faith giving the character's strength bothered me, personally, a tad. I have no problem with people's belief, or expressing their faith through their writings, but I have a major pet peeve with what I like to call "stealth prosthelytizing",where the author chooses to omit any mention/warning anywhere in the description of the work. But again, this is my personal peeve.
I think Ms. Dines could well become a competent writer, given time and practice(and an editor). She just isn't quite there yet.
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