In addition to the repetitiveness, the requirement of filling a book with stories on a single topic usually means that the quality level suffers. I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. The problem with theme anthologies is, well, the theme. So here we have an anthology based on urban legends. Because of this, the authors pretty much have to tell you early on which urban legend they are working with, and then do something original with it.
Marketing being what it is, mass-market books tend to disappear after a few months.
If I read a story a week, this book will be long-gone before you can read the review. There are twenty-five stories, an unusually high number. The longest story is sixteen pages long. In fact, the biography section is longer than some of the stories. If you are familiar with all the urban legends referenced here, and like bizarre twists on them, you will probably like this book.