Review: Entertaining in the Tradition of Grimm or Irving.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 9, 2012
"Legend of the Pumpkin King" is a short, scary Hallowe'en story about a bullied young teen who dies in a pumpkin field as a result of being bullied. His spirit is furious when it realises he is dead, and it avenges itself on the townspeople who bullied and mistreated him in life. The cover illustration is superb and I wish there had been similar illustrations accompanying the text, although the story was excellent, even without illustrations. The story is reminiscent of a Grimm fairy tale or a Washington Irving story, and anyone who likes that genre should enjoy this little revenge tale.There was a typo near the end of the story, that spell check did not catch; "site" was substituted for "sight". I saw a bit of irony in that because I have seen "sight" used in several books when "site" was the correct word, and it has become one of my pet peeves. It was amusing to see the reverse.