Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

5 reviews

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Colonisation, Murder, Slavery, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Medical content and Mental illness

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Honestly, this is probably Lovecraft's best story. It proves that he could, in fact, write quality cosmic horror when he didn't fall back on bigotry. I love love love the Antarctic setting and the scientific tone of the piece, and how we basically get a tour or tasting menu of the whole weird world. I would pretty much recommend this to anyone unqualified, which I can't say about basically any other of his work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Mental illness, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death

Minor: Slavery, Colonisation, and Racism

festiveconclave's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Body horror

Minor: Colonisation and Slavery

gameraim's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Very slow paced and long, but also atmospheric and sympathetic towards the things discovered.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, Colonisation, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Death, and War

vonny3492's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Animal death, Slavery, Colonisation, and Gore