52 Sleepless Nights by Tobias Wade

52 Sleepless Nights Reviews

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  Dez Nemec

  I actually won my copy of this book (thank you, Goodreads!), and was curious to jump into it. I have never read anything by Wade before (although I do have another of his books on the TBR pile). The vast assortment of tales was rather surprising. We had nightmares, ghosts, and monsters of all types.
  
  And the names of the stories! Some of my faves included:
  
  "My New Sex Doll Won't Stop Crying"
  "Suicide Watch Party"
  "An Angry Midget Dresses As Little Girls to Catch Pedophiles"
  "Our Extra Son Was for Experiments"
  
  I think my favorite story was "Most Terrifying Drawing," where the kids in a high school art class are given the fun project of drawing the scariest thing they could imagine. However this project didn't quite end the the art teacher thought it would.
  
  This is definitely one of the better short story collections I've read in awhile!
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  Claudia

  Ominous, creepy, blood-curdling, scaring, nightmarish... this short stories capture your imagination and leave you wanting for more.
  
  All different, all brilliant, this is a must-read for all the fans of horror.
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  Jessika Uhl

  Fifty-two enjoyable short horror stories. I found it remarkable that the author was able to write such a variety of tales with a different enough style that I was never sure what was coming next. I'm addicted to horror anthologies, so I don't scare easily; however, there were a few of these stories that creeped me out enough that I was nervous in my house after everyone had gone to bed.
  
  Particularly disquieting was "My Son Said Goodbye"; I have a child almost the same age as the little boy in the story, and faceless things and small children have always freaked me out. Another unsettling little gem was "She Can't Tell Lies if She Can't Speak", because helplessly eating your own face is always wrong, and (again) small children. There were several more that disturbed the hell out of me, but I'll let you enjoy and be (un)pleasantly surprised.
  
  Three stories I particularly liked were the "Assassin's Orphanage" trilogy. The story of a young boy who finds himself being raised and trained by killers, told from his perspective, made me wish the author had written a full length novel instead of just a few short stories.
  
  One of the things I enjoyed about this anthology was the titles, which included "My New Sex Doll Won't Stop Crying", "An Angry Midget Dresses as Little Girls to Catch Pedophiles", "Our Extra Son was for Experiments", and "The Head Transplant was Almost Successful", to name a few.
  
  While many of the stories have a supernatural element, just as many are reality based, and both are equally disturbing in the best possible way. Often with horror stories of this length, the story becomes overly simplistic to accomodate the short duration. However, while the tales featured here are shorter than the average found in most anthologies, for the most part they were no less enjoyable or complex for their abbreviated length.
  
  The only thing I didn't like was that the editing could have been better. There were typos in a few of the stories, which took you out of your suspension of disbelief. That being said, I look forward to reading other works by this author, and may very well replace our tradition of horror movies on Halloween night with reading some of these aloud to each other.
  
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  Kristi

  This book is so unique and I love that they're a collection of different short stories that are mostly completely unrelated (there were a few that continued from a previous story, which I really enjoyed getting to see the same characters more developed).
  
  Some of the stories were really twisted and really unique, but quite a few just weren't quite the horror/scary story I was expecting from a title of "Sleepless Nights". I was hoping that at least a few of the short stories would make me really spooked, but there were just a couple that gave me the heebie jeebies a little bit. I loved the ideas within the stories, but I'd also love to see the stories and characters more fully developed in a longer story to really get down to the spooky bits.
  
  Overall the book was entertaining and worth the read, but fell a little short on the horror and didn't give me any sleepless nights.
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  Andi

  This is a great collection of stories. Some of them are scary, others creepy and most of the are downright disturbing. The subjects run the gambit, which is what makes them so interesting. Tobias Wade creates images that are hard to get out of your head. These stories make you stop and ask "what if". And if you can believe that, what about this. These bite sized worlds will have you cringing and wondering why you even started reading them. But at the same time, you won't want to put them down, because you just have to know what happens next!
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  Gwen Schwartz

  Recommended Read
  
  What a great book! Each and every story was very creative and innovative. Some were silly, some were scary, some just made you think. As a whole, each one had the power to keep my attention. I'm not sure if there's a sequel, sign me up if there is! Thank you to the author for offering this wonderful book for free to everyone. One of the better free books that I've read.
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  Charlee

  I won this as part of a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.
  
  As an avid fan of the horror genre, there was no way I was going to skip entering this giveaway and this anthology did not disappoint. With 52 various tales of fright, these stores are geared to make you feel something. Some are scary, some are creepy, some are uncomfortable....but all are entertaining. It's definitely a book to keep and read again during a stormy night.
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  Elizabeth

  I don't know what i was expecting with these stories but i read a lot that was definitely different. Many of these stories were strange but written so well that i felt that many would make great movies if they were longer..... Or as we used to have "night at the crypt keeper" show with these kind of short story shows. Overall, i was pleased with the book more as i continued reading and would recommend it if you like unusual ideas.
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  Trina

  I can't say that this was all that scary. It was a good, well written book. His other book, 51 Sleepless Nights, was much scarier. Overall this was a good, quick read.
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  Kevin Maring

  I received this as part of the Giveaway...just saying. Anyway, I was pleasantly surprised. None of the stories were bad, and many of the stories were excellent and lyrically written. My favorite (the name of which fails me) includes a description of an oceanic/mystic state that was perhaps the best and most accurate I've ever read.
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  Wanda Johnson

  Cute stories most intering a few was just strange n kept me wanting to know more of the story. Over all a good read...
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  Michelle

  Perfect bedtime stories
  
  Just the thing to read before going to bed, nope not true! 52 perfectly scary stories that can be read in minutes.
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  Megan Agnew

  Quirky and fun to read.
  
  I picked this up because I didn't feel like starting g a new novel. Excellent book. Found I couldn't stop reading g it.
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  Mikal

  Really GOOD and DIFFERENT
  
  Enjoyed it! I am looking forward to reading more from Tobias. Never a dull moment and I was engaged in the stories the whole time, which is a feat for me
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  NayDoubleU

  Lots of typos
  
  Other than that it was a fairly good read. Glad to have it on kindle unlimited. Shelly was the creepiest story to me. Worth a read