![]() But like I said, it’s a really good kind of creepy. Emily Carroll does well in leaving a bit of work for her readers – it adds to the creep-factor. We all know that our own imagination can create the most terrifying endings of them all. A big revelation right at the end, the rest is left to the reader’s imagination. They leave you on the kind of cliffhanger I remember from the Goosebumps series by R.L. Terrible things happen to women and children (there’s a definition of fairy tales for you) and these stories don’t exactly end well. It’s impossible to pick a favorite story because they each have elements that push all my fairy tale buttons. A good 400 or 500 pages more would have suited me fine. When I finished the book, I wished there had been more stories. And Emily Carroll combines the two to create this magnificent, scary, yet somehow beautiful reading experience. The grunt of the work has to be done by the images. As graphic novels (or short stories) go, the author only has that much space to use for written words. In tone, they are absolutely creepy, and I mean that in the best way possible. ![]() ![]() You can see glimpses of Bluebeard and Little Red Riding Hood in them, and if you look carefully, I’m sure many other fairy tales that feature woods would fit the bill. The tales in Through the Woods may not exactly be fairy tale retellings, although they are certainly fairytale-esque in nature. Thanks to the sunlight, I was fine, the cat was oblivious, and the fridge made no more than the usual noise. To say nothing of the cat, who seems to have a sixth sense for when I’m already on edge. And I know that my fridge always makes particularly strange noises after I’ve seen a horror movie. Reading this in darkness (well, comparative darkness… you’ll still need a lamp in order to see the pages) would have been more like watching a horror movie. I will admit that I read these short stories during the day and was very happy about the sun light and twittering birds outside. The book was amazing even before I’d started reading it.Ī few minutes later, I got home, the book in my bag, waiting eagerly to be devoured. I especially liked the two-page spreads with words flowing all over the pages, almost being part of the picture, the font type changing according to the story’s mood. When you open the book and leaf through it to see what the images are like, you’ll be stunned by the amazing and creative full color drawings that await you. The cover stood out next to the mainstream paperbacks – the crass black, white, and red is the first eye catcher. These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll.Ĭome take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you there… Most strange things do.’įive mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss. McElderry, 2014įirst sentence: When I was little I used to read before I slept at night.Ī fantastically dark and timeless graphic debut, for fans of Grimm Tales, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and the works of Neil Gaiman I urge you to buy the book before you try the story because you’ll be wanting a lot more from where that came from. The short story “ His face all red” is on Emily Carroll’s home page, for free. ![]() For a place whose English language section now stores nothing but bestsellers, naturally this new, creepy-looking book caught my eye. Urn:oclc:68908460 Republisher_date 20160123074600 Republisher_operator Scandate 20160121033750 Scanner picked up this short story collection on a whim when I was visiting my grandmother (how Red Riding Hood of me) and checked out the local bookstore. OL17314743W Origin-contact Origin-note Physical items are owned or controlled by and digitized by Internet Archive Origin-organization Internet Archive Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.79 Pages 230 Ppi 500 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0606255443 Internetarchivebookdrive Edition 2nd U.S. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 17:36:33.733985 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1139119 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Cambridge, Mass.
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