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Hypnos by H.P. Lovecraft

chemical_crash's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

almaprincess66's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

In short, man got crazy high with guy whom he met on the street, they became druggie buddys and halucinated meeting the Greek god of Sleep.

This read more like a drug story someone would tell me not horror but what do I know?
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daniel_wood's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

mauro_german's review against another edition

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4.0

Las Drogas son malas , más si te llevan a paramos del horror como estos descritos.

qalminator's review against another edition

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2.0

Another drug-addled dream tale, that is oddly (and probably unintentionally) homo-erotic in places. Utilizes "hiding from scary stars" and "afraid to sleep lest we dream" and "was this person ever real or only a hallucination?" and "indescribable horrors". Mildly interesting, but Lovecraft's visited similar themes, and done them better, in other stories.

fachrinaa's review against another edition

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3.0

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hikio123's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Nice short story, with just enough mystery to be interesting, and just enough questionable narrator to come up with your own explanation. The lack of answers in this one makes it pretty good.

hendejos's review against another edition

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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

3.0

calalo's review against another edition

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3.0

El uso de drogas para acceder a subniveles del mundo de los sueños es algo tan antiguo como el calendario y muy recurrente en los relatos de HPL. Esta ayahuasca literaria no es lo que aparenta ser, lo aterrador es empezar a dudar sobre lo que es real o lo que es una broma del mismo Hypnos.

bookofclubs's review against another edition

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3.0

An earlier effort definitely showing the more complete realization of Lovecraft's attempts to convey unknowable horror. Perhaps emphasizes the "unknowableness" a smidge too much.