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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
A pretty fun short story. He is the master of monsters for a reason.
La lectura me pareció lenta lo que no ayudó a la tensión o el suspenso. Esperaba tener un poco más de miedo, pero la verdad es que las descripciones fueron lo único que alegaban cosas horrendas, sin mencionar que eran algunas incómodas por el nivel de racismo y discriminación del pensar del narrador (y bueno ya sabemos que el autor también lo era).
Creo que este podría considerarse un ejemplo de contar vs mostrar. Hay mucha fantasía y sci fi que me ayudó a seguir con la historia (la parte del final fue lo que me salvo este cuento. Si, hasta el final me engancho, pero pues era corto).
Creo que este podría considerarse un ejemplo de contar vs mostrar. Hay mucha fantasía y sci fi que me ayudó a seguir con la historia (la parte del final fue lo que me salvo este cuento. Si, hasta el final me engancho, pero pues era corto).
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Though it's a short story, i liked world and environment in this one
el ser en el umbral me pareció interesante pero sinceramente Cthulhu me decepcióno, esperaba más...
Cthulhu is, and will likely remain for a long while, the most iconic creation of H.P. Lovecraft, and this is his/its moment in the spotlight.
The majority of the story is a potent example of Lovecraft's mastery for building up horror, the narrator searching for clues in converging narratives, and coming to the slow but inevitable realization that there is *something* waiting in the fringe of human comprehension. A series of encounters with strange half-men and men haunted by nightmares climaxes with an ineffable horror that Lovecraft masterfully manages to capture.
The one major downside to this story, however, is the narrator and how thunderously dull he can be. The not-too-subtly xenophobic intellectual dedicating his time to hunting for clues on a strange mystery, particularly one related to a deceased relative, is typical for Lovecraft. However, the narrator's experience in the story is almost entirely from secondhand accounts, which undercuts some of the terror we ought to feel; reading a scary story about someone reading a scary story, unsurprisingly, dilutes the scariness.
But I will stand by the four stars because Lovecraft still manages to create a bizarre, intriguing mystery, which circles like a drain around his most famous creation.
The majority of the story is a potent example of Lovecraft's mastery for building up horror, the narrator searching for clues in converging narratives, and coming to the slow but inevitable realization that there is *something* waiting in the fringe of human comprehension. A series of encounters with strange half-men and men haunted by nightmares climaxes with an ineffable horror that Lovecraft masterfully manages to capture.
The one major downside to this story, however, is the narrator and how thunderously dull he can be. The not-too-subtly xenophobic intellectual dedicating his time to hunting for clues on a strange mystery, particularly one related to a deceased relative, is typical for Lovecraft. However, the narrator's experience in the story is almost entirely from secondhand accounts, which undercuts some of the terror we ought to feel; reading a scary story about someone reading a scary story, unsurprisingly, dilutes the scariness.
But I will stand by the four stars because Lovecraft still manages to create a bizarre, intriguing mystery, which circles like a drain around his most famous creation.
dark
sad
tense
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Natation is decent, story is… dated
las introducciones de este señor son espectaculares y cómo va sosteniendo el hilo hasta el final, el climax es literal el libro entero jajjsj *guido suller gritando te amooo*