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The Terrors of the Night

The Terrors of the Night

1594 • 54 pages
Daren
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Hmm. As others have pointed out in their reviews, the back of the book says ‘Demonic horrors and spirits dreamt up by the most exuberant, inventive prose writer of Elizabethan England'.
This isn't really what I got from this (I read to the midpoint, and then DNF).
To me it was a tiresome rant about the devil and the influence of the devil, spirits, dreams and superstitions.

This was a rambling, over-wordy, with aged prose and was very hard to read. For me, it was regrettably easy to put down, and difficult to pick up. I actually said to myself today, I would rather just sit here with my eyes closed than read another page of this book; and then I did for about 10 minutes.

I will, of course be giving Mr Nashe a wide berth from now on.

Lucky to squeeze 2 stars from me, only because I forgive it the aged prose etc given its was published in 1594.

August 24, 2016Report this review