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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
Turns out, the horror was having consensual sexual relations with Pacific Islanders.
The story is ok. I understand how influential this tale is, but for my liking it takes way too long to get to the actual meat and potatoes of the story. Maybe I'd feel differently if I didn't know most of the story beats before going in. I also found the twist at the end to be kind of lame.
The biggest knock of stars for me is the underlying racist themes. No matter how much Lovecraft fanboys will say that his views shouldn't impact the rating of a story, I firmly disagree. His views are deeply ingrained in his works and pretending like they aren't is willfully ignorant.
Not one star because hey, cool fish people are still cool fish people.
The story is ok. I understand how influential this tale is, but for my liking it takes way too long to get to the actual meat and potatoes of the story. Maybe I'd feel differently if I didn't know most of the story beats before going in. I also found the twist at the end to be kind of lame.
The biggest knock of stars for me is the underlying racist themes. No matter how much Lovecraft fanboys will say that his views shouldn't impact the rating of a story, I firmly disagree. His views are deeply ingrained in his works and pretending like they aren't is willfully ignorant.
Not one star because hey, cool fish people are still cool fish people.
dark
mysterious
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
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I didn’t enjoy this as much as COC but I did have a good time with it. I particularly enjoyed the ramblings of Zadok and coming to figure out he wasn’t at all mad but utterly terrified of what he’d experienced as a child, using alcohol to deal with the horror of it all. The escape was a bit dragged on and repetitive and I was ready for the book to end after that. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the final twist and the slow realisation of what was happening reading the final paragraphs was actually quite sad. I am definitely taking a liking to this kind of horror and I only wish I discovered it sooner.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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:
No
this man is straight up racist towards people who arent white
4.5 stars
Although the first part definitely suffers from overuse of exposition dumps, I really loved the last third of this.
Although the first part definitely suffers from overuse of exposition dumps, I really loved the last third of this.