Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve spent some time now staring at my screen wondering what to rate this book. The four stars I’ve given it seem excessive for a book this slight, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Does Goodreads require a new system with half-stars or am [...]
The Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano Sclavi My rating: 3 of 5 stars When Umberto Eco says something like “I can read the Bible, Homer or Dylan Dog for several days without being bored.” I can’t resist picking up the comic book in question. This is how I found myself reading an Italian horror [...]
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro My rating: 3 of 5 stars Wholly unoriginal, but such a deft pastiche of various sources—Dracula, Salem’s Lot, Del Toro’s own Blade II and others—that The Strain stands out in the crowded vampire-book market. The prose is a little clunky in spots, which I suspect has to do with [...]
