In the Shadow of the Gargoyle

Rating:
Summary: average
Review: A few of the stories were very good, and a few weren't very good at all, but most were just average. The average stories were just too predictable. Usually they ended with someone turning into a gargoyle, or there was a gargoyle protector killing people, things like that. I was really excited about finding this anthology, because I recognized a lot of authors I liked in it: Neil Gaiman, Katherine Kurtz, Jane Yolen, Jo Clayton, Charles de Lint. Unfortunately, most of the stories weren't nearly as good or as original as I had thought they'd be. I enjoyed Charles de Lint's "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" the most, but the rest was really just so-so.

Rating:
Summary: average
Review: A few of the stories were very good, and a few weren't very good at all, but most were just average. The average stories were just too predictable. Usually they ended with someone turning into a gargoyle, or there was a gargoyle protector killing people, things like that. I was really excited about finding this anthology, because I recognized a lot of authors I liked in it: Neil Gaiman, Katherine Kurtz, Jane Yolen, Jo Clayton, Charles de Lint. Unfortunately, most of the stories weren't nearly as good or as original as I had thought they'd be. I enjoyed Charles de Lint's "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" the most, but the rest was really just so-so.

Rating:
Summary: A great book!
Review: In the Shadow of the Gargoyle was a really good book, all the stories were really cool, and some of them even sad. My favorite was Scylla and Charybdis. It is really cool, though some of the stories, especially the second one, are kind of weird and nasty. But without those it's a really great book and I think everyone should read it!

Rating:
Summary: A disappointing collection.
Review: Judging by some of the authors who contributed tales to this anthology, you'd expect something of very high caliber. Sadly, most of the stories are fairly run-of-the-mill, and I barely remember them just a few days after finishing the book. Even Caitlin Kiernan's beautifully written short is a bit predictable. It's nice to have Harlan Ellison's vicious "Bleeding Stones" back in print, but otherwise this is one theme anthology that is more or less missable.