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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Fusty, stuffiness alternating with florid, overblown wordiness. Not particularly scary, and several story moments were clunky. And the last element of the story felt like it came out of nowhere. My first and probably last Lovecraft for a while.
Spoiler
,with the narrator veering from horror at his experiences and his personal revelations, to his eager acceptance of his legacy
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
dark
tense
medium-paced
The concept and the story are so good, it's just that Lovecraft gets lost in these lurid descriptions that it slows the story down. Especially in the third chapter where it is incredibly difficult to read due to his decision to make it nigh incomprehensible dialogue from a drunk.
His writing style isn't for me, so much so that after reading the Wikipedia plot summary to clarify some points my appreciation for the story shot up. It got to his points quickly, and actually left much more of an impact on me than the actual story did.
Go figure.
It could just be a case of me being unable to appreciate Lovecraft's style as much as others. It could be me just being stupid and taking multiple days to finish a short novella.
His writing style isn't for me, so much so that after reading the Wikipedia plot summary to clarify some points my appreciation for the story shot up. It got to his points quickly, and actually left much more of an impact on me than the actual story did.
Go figure.
It could just be a case of me being unable to appreciate Lovecraft's style as much as others. It could be me just being stupid and taking multiple days to finish a short novella.
Bastante bien, se crea una buena expectación, el terror escala poco a poco a estallar en una persecución tensa y horrorífica. El plotwist final es de 10.
fast-paced
Maybe it's because I listened to this rather than read but I found it better than a lot of HP's other stuff.
Also, I'm glad it had a happy ending. Good for him.
Also, I'm glad it had a happy ending. Good for him.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Thinly veiled xenophobia and racism. He's very obvious with how he feels about anyone who doesn't look and act like him. This is the first and probably last book I'll read of H.P. Lovecraft.