This is probably the least disturbing volume in the trilogy, for me. Which means I only lost a few months of sleep over it, naturally. ( )

This was a scary book and it was good ( )

This book was cetainly a good read. Although it was very scary i enjoyed it. For me i think the pictures/illustrations were part of the fear!!! Overall scary book made for a campfire sense! ( )

I enjoyed all of the stories in this book. My favorite was the story about the bride that was locked in the trunk, and later found only bones with wedding dress still on. I think that this represents a good thing turning in to a very bad thing. I also really enjoyed the story about the children behaving badly to get a magic drum. This story would be a good way to scare your children into behaving the way you want them to.

My honest opinion is that the illustrations are the scariest part of the book. I suppose sense I’m 36 and I love horror (having read a great deal of books and seen even more movies and TV shows which involve scary stories, folklore and urban legend. What Schwartz offers up here seems to be pretty traditional (or standard) urban legend/scary story fare. I think that this series (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories…, and Scary Stories 3) make a fine introduction to the campfire tales (those stories that have a “jump” at the end), urban legends (the hitchhiker type), and other similar fare for young readers from about age 9-14 or so. Older readers might not be at all scared by simply reading the book, but my understanding is that the audio book (voiced by George S. Irving) is quite good. I intend to give it a listen when it comes in from the library (for all three in this series). Overall, good introduction but I don’t get what all the fuss is about and I certainly don’t see why anyone would be trying to ban or censor this…there’s more graphic and violent/scary stuff on TV. This is definitely worth a read for the “memory lane” feel one might get (I certainly did, there are a number of classics here) and for the illustrations as Gammell certainly has a style that manages to really make one’s flesh crawl! I give it four stars…good but not great. ( )