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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Great setup, great atmosphere, great suspense, but a shame about the coda. Innsmouth is palpably damp and gross and Lovecraft does a marvelous job of setting the tone of unease and gradually sliding into the horrific. Unfortunately the post-Innsmouth stuff isn’t that great. The “I’m actually a fish person too!” ending could have worked if it didn’t feel so clunky and eugenics-tinged. The exposition dump on the history of Innsmouth is awkward, too, but less so than in “At the Mountains of Madness”, and plus the fish people stuff is more interesting to me than the more high fantasy leanings of the Old Ones’ backstory. Still, the good parts are really good so it’s still a thumbs up from me.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Despite this being a short book, I struggled to read it. The pace is slow, the descriptions are highly detailed, the language is VERY eloquent and the story features a lot of self-reflection. I did really enjoy the last third of the book, the own corruption of the main character was the right amount of disturbing.
I wanted to read it to try out Lovecraft; his style isn’t for me, but it was an interesting view into how he, a known white-supremacist, twists otherness into revolting.
I wanted to read it to try out Lovecraft; his style isn’t for me, but it was an interesting view into how he, a known white-supremacist, twists otherness into revolting.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
