Recent Reads: Dystopia Utopia Gothic Fantasy Short Stories

And here we are, with my second book of the year! I know for some that is not much but, for me, it really is. Especially considering how thick this book was.

 Dystopia Utopia Short Stories by Flame Tree is a book my friend lent me a while ago cuz she thought it'd have horror stories, I remember I started reading it and stopped after starting the second story but I decided to continue reading it back in February and actually finish it this time.

The Beetlejuice bookmark has nothing to do with the book but I used it while reading it and, I am obsessed with it.

According to the internet, this book is packed with bleak and paradisiacal visions in equal measure. Adventures in worlds of boundless imagination from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary writers. Honestly I don't know much about writers in general but, you can defo see the different styles they all have as you read their stories. 

Only a few of the many authors in this book.

 It's supposed to bring together myths, folklore and modern fiction with suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery. To me, it felt a little more science fiction and apocalyptic to be honest, which are not my favorites. It includes 30 different stories, not all of them are short tho. Somehow I found some of the shorter stories more interesting than the super long ones, some of them got tiring at some point. Not saying they were bad, they were just not my type of story. Plus, the longer stories sometimes had like... old words, which made them difficult to read or understand.

It doesn't come with any kind of illustrations but the way each story is presented is really pretty as well as the book in general. It is beautiful! All black with gold and silver details, I'd defo put it somewhere people could see it if it was mine.

All in all, I wouldn't say it is a bad book. I didn't love all the stories but, I did enjoy reading it til the end. I saw they also have Chilling Horror Short Stories, Chilling Ghost Short Stories and Murder Mayhem Short Stories (among others), I think those would be a little bit more for me.

These are some of the stories I enjoyed the most. Of course they were not the only ones but, I couldn't remember all the titles, hehe.

I've felt a lot more motivated to read this year, I already have some options for my next read, it'll be a shorter book for sure so, I'm sure I'll be back with another book post soon-ish. Feel free to send me some recommendations, I feel like I'm just discovering the type of books I actually enjoy reading. 

See you next time~!💋