The Nightmares on Elm Street

I really enjoyed reading this book but I didn't really care for at least two of the stories in the book, because it didn't really involve Freddy Krueger.
The introduction at the beginning of the book is helpful, if you have been living under a rock and somehow don't know who Freddy Krueger is.

Asleep at the wheel (5 stars)
This story was well written, it was easy to relate to and I like the band that is in the story and they type of music they write. Since I haven't read any Freddy Krueger novelizations before I was surprised and impressed by how gory and disturbing the way the characters die in their dreams.
I am really glad that I read this story I really liked it and the characters as well, although I think there should be a trigger warnings, because some of the characters are cut on their wrists or wrapped in barbed wire and bleeding from their wrists.
The way Luna and Rowan are killed are especially graphic and very violent. The way Luna is killed is excessively violent are really fucked up. I would only recommend this book to fans of horror films and fans of Freddy Krueger because it is quite gory.
I liked the description of Jim Morrison in this book, before he killed Pamela because he tricked her. The way the the main characters are killed is unique, interesting and fucked up. I wish this was made into a short film, it would be interesting to watch.

Briefcase full of blues (3 stars) I personally didn't like the plot of this story it was confusing, and didn't really relate much to Freddy Krueger, I don't even know what the gender of the character would be due to the way they were brought up, technically they are one specific gender but brought up as the opposite gender. I don't want to spoil the story for people who have not read this book yet but, I didn't enjoy reading it.

Miles to go before I sleep (5 stars) This story is about a married man that has a daughter that is a janitor at a school. Tha man doesn't like his job or his life, by chance he finds Freddy's knived glove and he is already wearing a red and green striped sweater, he kills some of the students at the school in their dreams, they are afraid of the janitor whenever they see him, but he doesn't understand exactly why that is. Eventually he kills his wife with Freddy's knives finger glove.

Le morte de Freddy (3 stars) A doctor is trying to help the Elm street teenagers that are all dreaming about Freddy Krueger by using experimental sleep methods to cure them of their nightmares but it is dangerous and no one has attempted to do the same before him.

Dead highway, lost roads (5 stars) This story is about a serial killer that was abused by his mother at a young age, until eventually he kills her to get revenge/justice for the way he was mistreated by his mother. The serial killer has learned to lucid dream (the ability to control your dreams or control the environment in your dreams) he enters the “dead highway” and this is eventually how he escapes from confinement when he is being transferred to another facility because he is awaiting his execution for murdering 257 people over a fifteen year period.

Close my eyes and I'll kiss you (4 stars) This story is about convicted murders on death row, that have a close relationship, i'm not sure if either man likes the other since they just hint at that being part of the story. One of the murderers feels remorse for killing a women and starts having nightmares. He does whatever he can to avoid falling asleep.

Not just a job (4 stars) A teenaged boy needs to find a job, by chance a vacancy mysteriously appears in the newspaper, eventually he starts having nightmares and sees Freddy who wants to recruit him. He finds out that his dad isn't who he thought he was, he turns out to be a serial killer.

Overall I enjoyed reading this book, but I would have liked it more if all the stories were actual gory, disturbing stories. I appreciate that not all the stories are the same thing regurgitated over and overt, the origins of Freddy Krueger as a child killer went into creepy/ disturbing detail into how, when or possibly why he kidnapped young children and killed them.
I can't remember which story it was in, ut it goes into creepy detail about how Freddy Krueger lured female children with barbie dolls and male children with tonga trucks which made me feel sick, but the crimes he committed were never proved due to lack of evidence so he got away with murder. This enraged the parents of the victims, so they decided to get revenge by beating him up and setting him on fire without and escape, to ensure he burned to death, only for him to return and take revenge on their children!