Sylvester Pilgrim

It took me a while to review this book because I really wanted to get all the way through it before reviewing it, it's the least I can do since I was generously granted a copy for Early Reviewers. The problem being that these stories were terribly cliche and the short story format made it easy for me to put down the book and the derivativeness of them made it not all that exciting to pick back up. I did finish it finally, but if I hadn't gotten it in exchange for an honest review, I probably wouldn't have finished it. I love short stories, and I like supernatural/horror short stories, but that genre is sooo full of talented writers, writers who have been working their craft for decades and burgeoning new writers who eventually become the next great. From this offering, I don't think Sylvester Pilgrim is going to have a very distinctive career with this genre. It's just too competitive, the stories all been told in many ways, and new ideas hard to come by. I don't think he's broken any new ground an the retread wasn't even done in a very interesting way. I wouldn't recommend this book.… (más)

When you are getting ready to publish a book maybe getting it professionally proofread is something that should be done, especially if you are going the self-published route. This book could have used a good edit or two, and a clean up of the verbage is on order. Especially the stories themselves, I know he calls this horror, but they range all over the place. And the placement of the stories is odd as well, with the worst ones towards the front of the book and slightly getting better. And with changing tones, and graphic nature, it is hard to wrap your head around this book; and changes in tone that it was written by one person.… (más)