Reviews for Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

The average rating for Spooky New York: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-19 00:00:00 Mark Jones This could have been a pretty interesting book, if the author hadn't tried to update the actual haunting tales into modern short stories. I found the presentations to be rendered pedestrian when put in this format, which was too bad, since I'd not heard some of them before. The illustrations by Paul G. Hoffman were made to look like woodcuts, and many of those were very nice.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-12 00:00:00 Christopher Nurding There was nothing wrong with this book really, it just wasn't particularly amazing and most of the stories weren't memorable and the characters all seemed the same. Now, I didn't hate this book I thought it was a great blend of the true ghost stories and fictional ones, but I do wish maybe that the author included some section that said "okay, here's what is based on real ghost sightings and history in this story" because that would have made this a much more interesting read.