Reviews with content warning for Racial slurs - Lovecraft Country

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Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

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songwind's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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cryptofauna's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

i just. didn’t get it?
this just seems like the kind of book that just feels weird / wrong with a white author?? it’s obviously historically accurate but the amount of slurs and insanely racist language is a little overwhelming. i know that’s the point, and like yes racism is uncomfortable but it just felt off to me.
the plot was vaguely interesting but it felt extremely disjointed and there were so many characters that i was consistently lost on who was who.
worldbuilding and magic system was interesting but it still felt like because the main characters didn’t understand it that it wasn’t able to be completely explained / fleshed out
ALSO this is NOT lovecraftian (as we generally think of it now, it’s possible more of his actual stuff was like this??) but there’s no big spooky monsters or anything like that it’s just racism

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miayukino's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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rvoeller's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I had added Lovecraft Country to my reading list after having watched the HBO show. I found the juxtaposition of the horrors of racism with supernatural horrors fascinating and thought provoking. The book did seem to not lean as heavily into some of the horror/supernatural elements as originally anticipated, but that did not detract from my overall enjoyment of the book.

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