Spin a Black Yarn by Josh Malerman - Fantastic!

 Spin a Black Yarn by Josh Malerman - Fantastic!

This was my first Josh Malerman book. (but it won't be my last.)

The first story had me hooked! First story gets 5 stars.
Second story is much the same as I was hooked on every word and didn’t want to stop reading. Out of the first two I can’t say which is my favorite.
Story three was interesting, full of symbolism and what not, good but not my personal cup of tea.
Story four was far out! Got me thinking- still trying to figure it out! 🤣
But the last story Egorov- for me, this story went on too long. I think it could’ve been 1/3 the length and still gotten the point across. The paragraphs were so long I’d get lost and have to find my way again. So it just threw me off and was hard to read. I won’t spoil the ending of that one, but I get why it had to be included.

As always, I mention grammar… The writing was good. Few errors, so this story did not lose a star for grammar. I gave 4 stars because the last story just pulled the pace down so much for me-that it felt like a chore to finish reading it. I was happy when the last story was over, but not excited for that story at all.

However, I did enjoy the acknowledgements at the end of the book and I will definitely pick up more books from Josh Malerman.

In short…

Spin a black yarn
Story one- stunning! Haunting if hill house meets…Blythe manor.

Story two- Argyle
Dark!! Terrifying… phenomenal

Story three: Doug and Judy buy the house washer - meh- it was weird, like I get the symbolism but meh

Story four- the Jupiter drop - still trying to figure it out.

Story five- way too long- had it’s horror’ish moments but also meh for me.