Should be called "Be Very Fu***ng Afraid of the Dark" --I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of a man slowly descending into madness as he hunts down the elusive Tooth Fairies (otherwise known as Bloody Gums, Gnaw Bones, Bone Crunchers) and seeks to communicate with them. Unfortunately, they only want one thing---children's teeth---and they don't particularly want to wait for them to come out on their own. I wouldn't suggest having your children read this book unless you want them to suddenly prefer s...

I liked this book a lot it is about little girl that moves in with her dad and step mom in a new house and there are these little monsters that take children and eat them. and they target the little girl and they ripped up her step moms new dresses and other clothes so she would get in trouble and she did only because she dose not like her and he father know that. the little monster continue to get her in trouble until a horrible thing happens that changes it all.

Wow--just wow. I adored this film, in particular for it's set design and cinematography and most of all for it's art. I loved the original tv movie from the 70's and it's completely different but this was for me, a truly gothic film. I know many people whined that it was not scary, the fairies are not frightening etc but I do not agree and this book backs me up. It's a combination novel/guide not unlike Froud's Faerie series but with a frightening twist. The design of the book is stunning--the d...

This is a great companion to the movie (it ends at almost the exact moment that the movie begins), and a great example of book-as-object. Co-written by del Toro and Christopher Golden, with illustrations by Troy Nixey and Keith Thompson (the Thompson illustrations are the ones seen in the movie, though some of them only briefly). It is an absolutely beautiful book that combines a traditional narrative (as told through the journal entries of Emerson Blackwood) with a bestiary in the form of entri...

This book is the companion to a movie of the same name, and in and of itself it is a fairly splendid little novel about (and/or catalog of) dangerous fairies. The narrative is simple and easy to follow, although the main character's choices are hard to bear at times. It's basically the story that asks "Is the world we live in a little crazier than we would like to think or is it just the main character?" Overall, the book was scarier than I expected, but I tend to let things get into my head, wh...

The book itself looks great. The illustrations are impressive. Did it scare me even a little? No.

An extremely creepy book. You wouldn’t think about it when you see the cover or read the summary, but it is. And if you take in account that this is the background story for the upcoming movie of the same name, and that said movie is a horror fantasy, then you can see how this book is extremely frightening…but more on that later.Now when I looked at the cover, I immediately knew I wanted to read it. That’s right. Don’t you dare even say that you haven’t ever judged a book by its cover. After all...

This was fantastic. So well written it ran the gamut from fascinating to compelling, disgusting and morbid. I must say, del Toro is The Master. The format and the illustrations were a great touch as well. "A tooth placed beneath a child's pillow can be nothing less than an invitation to mutilation/murder."

Conceived as a prequel to the film of the same title, this book follows a naturalist by the name of Emerson Blackwood as he begins studying various fairies from around the world during the turn of the last century in hopes of cataloguing the most dangerous and vile of species as a way of warning others to keep their distance. His journey begins with a visit to a colleague, and the discovery of a strange skeleton found on his property. The skeleton is that of a Toothbreaker, or Tooth Fairy. As a

Read on KindleA book that would be better read as a hard copyThis book didn't grab me. I was definitely ready for a change of genre and probably shouldn't have even started it when I did.Given the diary style narrative interspersed with the reference catalogue of fairy research, I think I would prefer a hard copy where you could flip through and have a better display of graphics ... the book lends itself to being visual and this was lost on the Kindle.In the end, I skimmed the catalogue sections...

"Truth is beauty, and beauty is truth…" but, I don't think Keats ever had a fairy tale laid out before him like this; it's insidious skeletal remains casting shadows in lit rooms. His world wasn't separated from everyone around him as the dark truths in the forest revealed themselves for what they truly were.Meet Emerson Blackwood, a natural scientist who inadvertently stumbles across a find that will alter the course of his life. Through his journey into the unknown, he describes what he learns...

God i loved this book, loved the illustration, the narrative, the sheer amount of information about folklore that just seems to make my mind go crazy with ideas. This book i would recommend for anyone that wants to read something that feels like it could be real, it has the feeling of legitimacy that you would get from seeing someone's research, and the narrative through the journals are pretty enthralling. Highly Recommend it.

Great idea, lesser execution. Combines a guide to dangerous fairies around the world with the diary of a scholar in contact with those fairies. Unfortunately the guide often reflected the authors' imaginations rather than a catalog of actual lore.

Since I was supposed to take a night bus from Shinjuku to Aomori for the trip to Aomori a few weeks back, I figured I should bring a book. So I brought this - I have no idea why, perhaps I didn't think I needed to sleep before a presentation. But thankfully, I finished this book on the train to Shinjuku, so I didn't have to creep myself out reading in the dark.Don't be afraid of the dark is basically a collection of scary fairies from around the world, sandwiched between an increasingly dark sto...

WHY DID I READ THIS AT NIGHT? BECAUSE IT IS A PAGE TURNER AND I NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT!!! EVEN IF I HATE HORROR STORIES AHHH!!! Been meaning to read this book for years, but kept leaving it for later because it just seemed like another fairy bestiary or catalogue. I love those, but feel reluctant to just find the same information again and again. However, this catalogue is different from the rest, because all of the creatures are the evil mean kind, and none of them are benevolent nor...

Enjoyed the book and did really enjoy the progression of the story to obviously the lead in for the movie (which I have not seen). Being an avid reader and viewer of scifi/horror media of all sorts the "study" material provided was mostly rehash of things I have already come across at one point or another and may be unfairly impacting my overall rating for the book. I was a little curious about where the idea came from and I wonder if Guillermo del Toro's involvement with the Hellboy II and the

Had no idea what I was really in for when I checked out this book. Matter of fact it started with The Strain. I've been watching that show on FX and enjoying it immensely and I know there's a book series out based on it that del Toro wrote. I was considering checking it out but I'm one of those guys that if it's already a movie or show I'll never go back and read it. So I decided to see what other books he had out. I found Trollhunters and checked that out. It was fun but nothing great! Then I s...

I am a big fan of Guillermo Del Toro. The movie "Don't be afraid of the dark" was a remake of an old made for TV film I saw as a kid that scared the $&%^ out of me. I was anxious to see the remake and did enjoy the new movie. Fast forward 6 months after the movie was made I saw this book and had to purchase it. This, to me, was a big let down. Read more like a high school text book, hardly any story line just facts and "documented cases" of different types of fairies/trolls. Very long and just o...

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a cool little book. It is more concentrated on presentation than story. The book is very handsome, black pages, great dark illustrations, which really add to the tone. The story comes in the form of journal enteries, which are broken up by naturalist descriptions of "dangerous fairies". The story is there, the tension develops, but the real meat of the book, for me at least, were the information about creatures of myth and folklore. I was disappointed that the illu...

This is a beautiful book, but I don't think I would ever pay the $25 sticker price for it. I was very glad the local Borders had it for half off.It's a quick read with Blackwood's journal entries dispersed among his first (and probably only) book, 'Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies.' While the guide doesn't advance the plot, it is a fun read and has the illustrations. It's also a fun way to show how Blackwood is traveling the world since his journal entries will resume on the continent the