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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Read The Call of Cthulhu, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and At the Mountains of Madness. Calling it quits here. Went into this a huge fan of Lovecraftian work and excited to delve into its origins. Ho boy did this disappoint.
I understood that Lovecraft himself was a horrible person but I wasn’t prepared for just how deeply his racism would permeate the stories themselves. Combined with the mind numbingly boring prose (seriously we do not need an exact map of all the streets in Innsmouth during the escape) and dull protagonists, I despised these stories.
Only positive is that talented people made good stuff out of his ideas. And that he died penniless.
I understood that Lovecraft himself was a horrible person but I wasn’t prepared for just how deeply his racism would permeate the stories themselves. Combined with the mind numbingly boring prose (seriously we do not need an exact map of all the streets in Innsmouth during the escape) and dull protagonists, I despised these stories.
Only positive is that talented people made good stuff out of his ideas. And that he died penniless.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Highlights:
Celephaïs, The Picture in the House, The Festival, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow over Innsmouth.
Celephaïs, The Picture in the House, The Festival, The Whisperer in Darkness, The Shadow over Innsmouth.
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It's a solid outing, and I do enjoy cosmic horror, but anything higher would ignore the many awful views of the author that I in no way support.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Another masterful piece from HP Lovecraft. Even though you don't "see" everything that the author alludes too, it just adds a bit more mystery to the entire story.
DNF. Interesting perhaps for its time, but the racism just oozes through every story making it nearly unreadable.
DNF-too much racism and too many similar plot points. Very boring.