Book of Horror: Korean and Japanese Urban Legends

by Edward Collins

There’s a reason why Japan is so famous for horror, it has spun off into a sub-genre of its own – J-horror. Be it anime, haunted places, or films of ghostly encounters and spirits, many of these sensational tales were inspired by urban legends that may very well be true.

Pull the blinds down, switch the lights off, and huddle under your blanket. Ready or not, these Japanese urban legends will chill you to your bones and leave you wide awake long after the night has passed.

Urban legends are usually frightening, creepy stories which feature modern settings, elements of popular culture and dark, often disturbing aspects. These stories endure much like their cousins from classic folklore and fairy tales because they often have a lesson to teach us; and other times, because we just like to be scared. Here are some of the most frightening, enduring and interesting urban legends from Japan.

Reading this collection of scary stories in the dark or by yourself is likely to keep you up all night. Or, at the very least, send a chill down your spine—even if you consider yourself the bravest of the brave. Oh, is that a challenge? Why yes, it is.

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Kindle Edition

Published October 24, 2020

Reviews

[Sarah]

THIS BOOK IS PLAGIARISED!

This book is a copy/paste job of Tara A Devlin's book Toshiden vol. 1. SHE is the one who researched these stories and wrote the text of the book. Read her work instead, don't give this thief your attention.

[Trish · Rating 1 out of 5]

PLAGIARISM!
This book is copied word for word from one of Tara A. Devlin's books.

[Inês · Rating 1 out of 5]

Let me preface by saying this was given to me some time ago by a well meaning friend who just saw it on Amazon one day and thought I would like the subject. She's right, I do like creepy horror stories and I'm always curious to find out more about Japanese and Korean culture, so this seemed like a promising read. However I have since discovered this is completely Plagiarized, like literally word for word, from another authors work (which I didn't even think was possible anymore - I guess Amazon really doesn't care what it sells as long as it makes money who could have guessed), so I'm obviously not recommending this or giving it a good rating.

However, since I already had the physical copy I ended up reading it anyways, because I was curious. And let me tell you, the truth is I wouldn't have given this more than 1 star even if it wasn't plagiarism.

Clearly no one proofread this because it is completely unedited, including typos, commas in the middle of words and wrong usage of words and verbs (We're instead of were, you're instead of your - yes I know I couldn't believe this was published either). Not to mention the fact it completely lacks a structure or nexus. I hesitate to even call it a book. It's more like a jumbled, messy and disorganized school project some sleep deprived teenager put together the night before it was due using only Wikipedia entries translated entirely on Google translate. Yep. That bad. I really struggled to read this and if I didn't have an interest in the subject (no matter how poorly done it is) and if it hadn't been a gift from a friend, I wouldn't have gotten past the first 5 pages. So like. 0.5 stars

[Alexys · Rating 2 out of 5]

The stories are interesting enough, but no one proofread it. Of greater concern is that this could have been a plagiarized piece, something I didn't know or realize when I bought or started reading it.