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Con afán de corregir algunas lagunas imperdonables en mis lecturas me he encontrado con un relato soberio, magnífico, mayestático,... como La sombra sobre Innsmouth, que por si solo ya vale cinco, diez y hasta veinte estrellitas. Es todo lo que busco en un relato de terror.

El resto del volumen, con sus lógicos altibajos, es una buena muestra del mundo de los mitos. Especialmente interesante me ha parecido la parte de los orígenes, con relatos muy interesantes.
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Some suitably bone-chilling moments of horror in the shorter entries, though the novella included in the collection are typically weighed down by lengthy passages of description and cosmic lore.
dark tense medium-paced

I enjoyed one story out of the four and it wasn’t the call of chutulu. I did like the narrator of the audiobook and the short music segments it gave the story’s more depth. 
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aged very poorly, can see why mountains of madness is a cut above the rest. Nonetheless the rats in the walls and the shunned house were decently creepy
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this book certainly deserves the popularity that it has!
I happen to really like the interesting style that Lovecraft uses for his writing its eloquent but not too much to the point where its just flowery and not understandable. 
I totally recommend this cult classic!