Isabella Ryan's Reviews > Chasing American Monsters: Over 250 Creatures, Cryptids & Hairy Beasts

So, this was a book a picked up during my quarantine haul, although I'm an essential worker, reading is the best way for me to decompress after a long shift or a day off(Whenever those happen).

Anyways I picked this up because I'm into myths, folklore, etc. and Cryptids and tales of the supernatural are up my alley. It was a quick read, it only took me a couple of hours spread out between two days. I mean I hadn't expected much, I expected it to be a 3 star-read just cause I'm reading it for entertainment purposes.

If you're looking for the lore of American cryptids, you're better off finding a different book. I really liked this book in terms of reading about new cryptids, especially in my state, like Squonk, but it didn't really go into lore. Moreso just encounters or sightings of said cryptid in certain states. Which is fine, but I would have liked a little more backstory to the cryptids.

I would still recommend this book if you like Cryptids in general, it's a nice glossary and it does have some cool resources in it, which I've checked out. It's fun and the illustrations are cool, and it's pretty cool to read some of the encounter stories...and makes you wonder did it or did it not happen.