Review: A smorgasbord of fun, exciting, and terrifying monsters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
Kaiju is a Japanese term for various monsters and creatures, but is mainly applied to the building-sized behemoths like Godzilla and King Kong. This book is a collection of short stories from various authors, each one about a separate monster. Some stories are terrifying, some are delightfully humorous, some are thoughtful, and some just plain fun.Since the stories each come from a different author, the tone changes noticeably from tale to tale. The overall book is very good, but like any collection of stories from different sources, you may find some that don't resonate as strongly as others. A strong advantage to the book is that since it's short stories, you can start and finish a story in a short sitting. If you enjoy tales of odd, bizarre, and sometimes terrifying creatures, you'll enjoy this collection.