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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
I thought the stories in this collection were kind of uneven but it was quite fun seeing how they influenced authors like J.K. Rowling, Stephen King and Joe Hill. Plus I didn’t realize that Arkham Asylum came from him.
it's a classic. but god, so hard to read lol
still enjoyed it greatly once i got the gist of it !
still enjoyed it greatly once i got the gist of it !
Every story didn’t hit the same but they all were really enjoyable. I give it five stars cause I enjoyed myself the whole time while reading. I loved the title story, the colour out of space, the outsider, the picture in the room or whatever it was called, and the first one especially. You can definitely see his racism and fear coming through though which is a little shocking at times but doesn’t take away from the stories in my opinion except for one which was dumb. Overall it was fire tho.
I'm giving this a 3 because I've just realized all the horror menus I love is inspired by lovecraft so I guess it deserves some flowers, but I did not enjoy reading this. It was boring, pretentious, and racist.
Gostei muito da atmosfera que o Lovecraft cria nas histórias. O meu conto preferido é O modelo de Pickman e pretendo ler mais coisa desse autor.
Every story didn’t hit the same but they all were really enjoyable. I give it five stars cause I enjoyed myself the whole time while reading. I loved the title story, the colour out of space, the outsider, the picture in the room or whatever it was called, and the first one especially. You can definitely see his racism and fear coming through though which is a little shocking at times but doesn’t take away from the stories in my opinion except for one which was dumb. Overall it was fire tho.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not bad, but you're probably better off reading Poe.
I guess I was expecting something different, or maybe something more, from this. The prose is a bit purple, horror a little staid, and the stories telegraph their endings so clearly that it's hard to remain in suspense. That being said, it's impressive how many horror movie genre conventions and tropes are on display here. Lovecraft truly was a pioneer and deserves to be remembered for that alone. Lovecraft's own personality comes through in ways that can be both interesting (his obsession w/ New England's social and architectural history) and unpleasant (the racism). Oh yeah, this edition is crammed with way, way, way too many footnotes.
H.P. Lovecraft is very, very racist; he's racist in a way that goes beyond "time" and "upbringing", beyond background eccentricities or quirks. His racism pervades his world-view, it is intrinsically tied to his fear of the vast unknown and the Other and made all the more pathetically, gratingly obnoxious by his propensity for embellishment and grandiosity: it is intrinsically tied to what makes him a "great" writer.
Lovecraft's fiction seems to be an amazing trampoline of imagination, teasing your mind along, hinting and provoking in all the right ways. Beyond that he was simply an incredible aesthete; "Lovecraftian" is now a recognizable, cohesive adjective, distinct from "fantasy", "horror", "sci-fi" and all their constituents, can apply to any medium and extends beyond what he himself crafted with it.
My favorite story was "Celephais".
Lovecraft's fiction seems to be an amazing trampoline of imagination, teasing your mind along, hinting and provoking in all the right ways. Beyond that he was simply an incredible aesthete; "Lovecraftian" is now a recognizable, cohesive adjective, distinct from "fantasy", "horror", "sci-fi" and all their constituents, can apply to any medium and extends beyond what he himself crafted with it.
My favorite story was "Celephais".