Kaitlin
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Monkeys on the Beach by Ralph Robert
-Masks by Peter Sutton
-I Love You Mary-Grace by Amelia Manga
-A Brief Moment of Rage by Bill Davidson
-Golden Sun by Kristi DeMeester, Richard Thomas, Damien Angelica Walters, and Michael Wehunt
-No Exit by Orrin Grey
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-I̶c̶e̶ ̶C̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶L̶e̶m̶o̶n̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶2̶5̶ȼ̶̶ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person by Paul Tremblay
-Birds of Passage by Gordon B. White
-They Are Us (1964): An Oral History by Jack Lothian
-As Dark as Hunger by S. Quouyi Lu
-The Pain-Eater's Daughter by Laura N. Mauro
-The Hope Chest by Sarah Read
-Adrenaline Junkies by Ray Cluley
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Exhalation #10 by AC Wise
-A Hotel in Germany by Catriona Ward
-Lords of the Matinee by Stephen Graham Jones
-Cleaver, Meat, & Block by Maria Hoskins
-Mine Seven by Elana Gomel
-Scream Queen by Nathan Ballingrad
-Contrition (1998) by J.A.W. McCarthy
-A Treat for Your Last Day by Simon Bestwick
My personal favorite stories from this collection:
-Redwater by Simon Bestwick
-The Offering by Michael Marshall Smith
-Shuck by G.V. Anderson
-The Hunt at Rotherdam by AC Wise
-Dancing Sober in the Dust by Steve Toase
-The God Bag by Christopher Golden
-The Quizmasters by Gerard McKeown
-All Those Lost Days by Brian Everson
-Three Sisters Bog by Eoin Murphy
-Stolen Property by Sarah Lamparelli
-Shards by Ian Rogers
I liked what I read in the prologue! It all went off the rails for me in chapter two, with the introduction of a female character. How she is described and written is offensive in my personal opinion. I checked out other reviews that confirmed this isn't a book for me and it only gets worse from that scene. DNF at page 31.
I had really high hopes for this book as I'm a big monster movie fan. I made it to page 60 before calling it and there were barely any kaiju in what is overall a short book. What there was was a constant onslaught of sarcastic one-liners and current pop culture references. I wouldn't want to spend time with the main character in real life and I won't waste my time with him in a book either. DNF at page 60.
Interesting concept! I liked the idea of learning about germs and how quickly they can spread. I didn't realize how much it encouraged touching (ex. Touch your tooth) to explain how microbes can travel. Even before current world events I didn't think that should be encouraged especially in the classroom where I was hoping to share this.
This installment in the series took a little longer to hook me than the first two oh but when it did I was a goner! My only complaint was that some chapters didn't have me as invested in characters that weren't my favorites like before. However one chapter in particular was so heartbreaking I couldn't breath after and I'm sure everyone who had read it knows what chapter I mean.
I think its amazing how much I care about almost all of the characters in this series. Even if I didn't at one point there will be a scene that makes my heart reach out to them. That being said trough the whole book I didn't know who I wanted on the iron throne but by the end I was yelling the king in the north!
