tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984075894086180528.post5468237935102206858..comments2023-10-26T11:55:32.768-04:00Comments on The Midnight Room: All Heads Turn When the Snake Woman Slithers ByBarrymore Tebbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08881955849732740126noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984075894086180528.post-45299047314532646382012-07-25T19:20:28.679-04:002012-07-25T19:20:28.679-04:00When you do, please tell us whether is is an overb...When you do, please tell us whether is is an overblown Southern Gothic or simply an overblown Gothic set in the south.Barrymore Tebbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881955849732740126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984075894086180528.post-49767364454453019652012-07-25T18:19:41.551-04:002012-07-25T18:19:41.551-04:00Thank you for the warning - I read about it in the...Thank you for the warning - I read about it in the 100 Greatest Horror Books, too, and wondered about it. Oh nuts, now I have to read it to study bad writing.C. J. Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395368804756600810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8984075894086180528.post-27599608993262097342012-07-22T11:39:07.706-04:002012-07-22T11:39:07.706-04:00Based on your description, this book doesn't q...Based on your description, this book doesn't qualify as Southern Gothic, which is something else entirely (think Flannery O'Connor, or Carson McCullers, who happened to write an excellent essay about Southern Gothic literature and the overuse of the misunderstood term). <br /><br />I do appreciate your "book-nerd shriek" at the book sale. I've issued more than a few of thoseTodd Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18125131568954918306noreply@blogger.com