09-17-2007, 08:47 PM
I'm a guy and I've been reading Gothics since I was a kid.
For me, they were a natural progression from Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books. I loved stories about spooky houses, Scooby-Doo (lol) etc. I read Phyllis Whitney's gothics for children and that led me to her adult books.
I'm usually less interested in the romance and more in the mystery and eerie surroundings. While lately I've grown to really love murder mysteries, I used to like Gothics because the mystery was more organic, with the protagonist actually part of the mystery instead of just a detective solving it.
For me, they were a natural progression from Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books. I loved stories about spooky houses, Scooby-Doo (lol) etc. I read Phyllis Whitney's gothics for children and that led me to her adult books.
I'm usually less interested in the romance and more in the mystery and eerie surroundings. While lately I've grown to really love murder mysteries, I used to like Gothics because the mystery was more organic, with the protagonist actually part of the mystery instead of just a detective solving it.