3.81 AVERAGE

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark 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 inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

honestly I checked out so many times while reading
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It's always fun to revisit the master of cosmic horror. No one writes like HP Lovecraft. His use of language is uniquely likely to induce nightmares, even daymares if you zone out for too long.

I started reading Lovecraft in high school and have revisted several stories a second time but this is the first time just reading through a collection. The guy's writing holds up well and stories like Herbert West Reanimator and the Call of Cthulu still pack quite a punch. I loved the description of the winged beings flying through the dark of space and of the priestly Cthulu being shredded by the steamer only to reassemble to the horror of the shipmate who would later compile a journal of his voyage to the home of Cthulu and the Great Old Ones in the sunken city of R'lyeh.

Updated with some re-reading I wanted to do after watching ReAnimator for like the 10th time lol.