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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
While entertaining all these stories feel too similar. I read all but the last two—which happen to be the longest—and that's fine with me.
Marked as Did Not Finish
I picked three short stories by HP Lovecraft to read in book club this week, so I took those ebook out from the library thinking I would start with at least those stories and read maybe more.
I made it through The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu, and I started The Dunwich Horror, but early into that one I gave up.
I feel similar about reading this as I do with something like Tolkien. I respect the influence of the work and I think the broad stories/worlds and some specific moments are great, but I just can't get into the writing.
This is all aside from Lovecraft himself being a garbage person that certainly comes through in at least the casual racism throughout these stories, though I actually found it interesting to think about whether certain tropes that are prevalent throughout horror (fear of the other/the unknown being the big one) is inherently racist, or if just combining that with this writer makes it feel worse (though there often is clear racist terminology used in the writing, though not always directed at the monsters).
Anyways, glad I tried this out even if it's not for me.
I picked three short stories by HP Lovecraft to read in book club this week, so I took those ebook out from the library thinking I would start with at least those stories and read maybe more.
I made it through The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu, and I started The Dunwich Horror, but early into that one I gave up.
I feel similar about reading this as I do with something like Tolkien. I respect the influence of the work and I think the broad stories/worlds and some specific moments are great, but I just can't get into the writing.
This is all aside from Lovecraft himself being a garbage person that certainly comes through in at least the casual racism throughout these stories, though I actually found it interesting to think about whether certain tropes that are prevalent throughout horror (fear of the other/the unknown being the big one) is inherently racist, or if just combining that with this writer makes it feel worse (though there often is clear racist terminology used in the writing, though not always directed at the monsters).
Anyways, glad I tried this out even if it's not for me.
The first couple of stories were pretty interesting, but after a while the stories tend to get repetitive and predictable with nearly identical plots and themes. Nonetheless, it was worth it just to read the original story of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Not as scary as I'd hoped, but I think it's me, not Lovecraft. Also, the stories I did read were so similar, I couldn't imagine reading an entire book of that. That being said, it wasn't bad. Just not for me.
Gothic 19th century horror set in New England. I remember reading Lovecraft stories when I was in high school and loving them. They are a bit old fashioned but still scary.
Me gustó, siempre es bueno leer Lovecraft. Ya no me sorprenden sus historias porque lo conozco bien, pero nunca me voy a arrepentir de seguir leyéndolo.
Algunos cuentos mejores que otros, pero en general me encantó.
Extremely intriguing musings on existential horror beyond human imagination. Completely based in xenophobia and racism - which unavoidably spoils the reading of it, but important to understand as a basis of modern horror and scifi.