genre: graphic novel short stories
I got this out from the library because I needed to read a horror book published by an indie press. Horror isn't really my jam so I tried this, which based on the cover, is in that vein and is by an indie press. The first story, Carmilla, is definitely horror and truly creepy. That story was apparently inspiration for Stoker's Dracula and I can totally see how. The artistic style was sorta whimsical but it worked. I liked this one best, along with a Poe story called The Oval Portrait. The Mysteries of Udolpho was WAY too much information condensed into one short story, it was confused and honestly didn't flow well at all. There was one seriously chilling moment but that's about it. Northanger Abbey was fun because, well, Austen, and it's sorta mocking the creepiness of those horror stories, which is clever but not actually creepy itself. The last story, though, At the Gate, was cute but completely not in the genre at ALL. Like, it feels like a misprint. I don't get it.
It was a mixed bag but the two I liked, I did really like.
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