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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
Remember to separate the art from the artist, though Lovecraft makes it especially hard to do that. Anyway, my rating of the short stories:
The Nameless city: 3,5/5
Herbert West - Reanimator: 3,5/5
The Hound: 3/5
The Lurking Fear: 4,5/5
The Rats in the Walls: 4/5
The Festival: 2,5/5
The Shunned House: 3,5/5
The Horror at Red Hook: 3/5
He: 3,5/5
The Call of Cthulhu: 5/5
In essence: The good Stories really bump the rating up, Lovecraft is able to create an ongoing feeling of eerieness throughout his stories which always stays with you. His creation of the cosmic horror genre is also something not be overlooked.
Reading this at night while rain patters at the windows is an astounding experience.
The Nameless city: 3,5/5
Herbert West - Reanimator: 3,5/5
The Hound: 3/5
The Lurking Fear: 4,5/5
The Rats in the Walls: 4/5
The Festival: 2,5/5
The Shunned House: 3,5/5
The Horror at Red Hook: 3/5
He: 3,5/5
The Call of Cthulhu: 5/5
In essence: The good Stories really bump the rating up, Lovecraft is able to create an ongoing feeling of eerieness throughout his stories which always stays with you. His creation of the cosmic horror genre is also something not be overlooked.
Reading this at night while rain patters at the windows is an astounding experience.
I'm glad that there are no full Arabic translations of H. P. Lovecraft's stories, because I doubt if a translator would be able to keep the atmosphere of these writings when putting them in another language, especially Arabic, unless he's the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred! But for real, Lovecraft has the ability to write stories that have very similar formulas and turn them into the most mind-blowing and breath-taking tales of madness, he's a master in building atmosphere, describing scenery, and -for that matter- imagining scenery! The most out of this world, alien, ancient mythical scenery.
I just love these stories so much, and I doubt that there's anything like them out there.
Vol. 1
Dagon 5/5
The Statement of Randolph Carter 4/5
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 2/5
Celephaïs 5/5 ⭐
Nyarlathotep 3/5
The Picture in the House 2/5
The Outsider 5/5 ⭐
Herbert West—Reanimator 4/5
The Hound 2/5
The Rats in the Wall 4/5
The Festival 3/5
He 3/5
Cool Air 5/5
The Call of Cthulhu 5/5
The Colour out of Space 5/5 ⭐
The Whisperer in Darkness 4/5
The Shadow over Innsmouth 4/5
The Haunter of the Dark 5/5
I just love these stories so much, and I doubt that there's anything like them out there.
Vol. 1
Dagon 5/5
The Statement of Randolph Carter 4/5
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family 2/5
Celephaïs 5/5 ⭐
Nyarlathotep 3/5
The Picture in the House 2/5
The Outsider 5/5 ⭐
Herbert West—Reanimator 4/5
The Hound 2/5
The Rats in the Wall 4/5
The Festival 3/5
He 3/5
Cool Air 5/5
The Call of Cthulhu 5/5
The Colour out of Space 5/5 ⭐
The Whisperer in Darkness 4/5
The Shadow over Innsmouth 4/5
The Haunter of the Dark 5/5
dark
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This honestly was not for me. There were a few standouts. The Call of Cthulhu , Herbert West - Reanimator and The Lurking Fear stood out to me as the best stories in this collection but I think here we find a case where the Mythos of Lovecraft might actually be better and more interesting than the stories themselves.