Reviews

The Great Old Ones: The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft

julesreed's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

Lovecraft definitely created or help create the space monster genre but almost all his stories have the same predictable plot, the main character is almost always the same and the monsters start to take on similar forms.

nels367's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

jupen's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

mirthesportel's review against another edition

2.0

It’s done yeah…
Idk some stories were enjoyable. Some really weren’t. Some were difficult to understand. Some were incredibly racist and I do not understand why there hasn’t been a sensitivity rewrite yet.
I did enjoy that some of the shorter stories came back or were referenced in the longer stories. It made for a nice intertwined universe. But man if this version of Arkham was real… I wouldn’t recommend living there

geoffwood's review against another edition

3.0

Less talk more rock

lugothekid's review against another edition

Did not feel invested at all and the stories were "meh"

suvata's review against another edition

3.5

• 1261 pages • first pub 2019 • fiction • fantasy • horror • short stories • dark • mysterious • 3.5 Stars 

 

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird and horror fiction, who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors  of  supernatural  horror  fiction. 

 

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zarakoconnor's review against another edition

Didn’t understand the hype, he’s a raging racist and the writing was boring.

justben's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

zachf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75