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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Some of my favourite weird stories were: The Color Out of Space, The Outsider, The Rats in the Walls, The Festival, The Whisperer in Darkness, and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
There are fantastic ideas here but I largely found myself not enjoying Lovecraft's writing. Some stories build up to a climax but the tension in individual scenes is largely non-existent. He has a very rambling style and seems to have an obsession with describing in great detail the period of the architecture and furniture in his stories.
We all know Lovecraft was a massive racist and, almost certainly related to this, I think he was just a scaredy-cat. Some of these things which are meant to scare his characters to the point of madness or even suicide simply weren't that scary. Some of them just seemed interesting to study but Lovecraft is clearly so terrified of anything out of the ordinary and expects us to be too.
There are fantastic ideas here but I largely found myself not enjoying Lovecraft's writing. Some stories build up to a climax but the tension in individual scenes is largely non-existent. He has a very rambling style and seems to have an obsession with describing in great detail the period of the architecture and furniture in his stories.
We all know Lovecraft was a massive racist and, almost certainly related to this, I think he was just a scaredy-cat. Some of these things which are meant to scare his characters to the point of madness or even suicide simply weren't that scary. Some of them just seemed interesting to study but Lovecraft is clearly so terrified of anything out of the ordinary and expects us to be too.
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Kind of amusing, mostly just ok, but The Colour Out Of Space added an entire extra star to this whole collection.
Lovecraft seems to deserve both reputations - as the originator of some really interesting lore, and as incredibly racist
Lovecraft woke up one day and said what if all of the people of color on the earth (+ the Irish & Jewish people) belong to a huge demonic conspiracy that will result in the downfall of white men and that's why they don't deserve rights.
I listened to the audio version of this book - I really enjoyed the narrator's voice. Sometimes it was a bit hard to follow, but all in all a good intro to HP Lovecraft. Call of Cthulhu and The hound were my favourites. :)
Imaginative at first, I found the stories quickly got quite repetitive after a while. If you are interested in Lovecraft, I would recommend reading the Call of Cthulhu and leaving it at that.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
the original creepypasta
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A