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rcthomas 's review for:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
by H.P. Lovecraft
I enjoyed this collection of Lovecraft's stories. Cosmic horror remains one of my favorite genres. However, there are some elements of the books I really did not enjoy. While some of Lovecraft's virulent racism is intrinsic to his stories to some degree, choosing to continue printing the n-word simply because its the name of a character's cat seems deeply unnecessary. It's not important to the plot, setting, character, whatever -- you could easily get rid of it and have it not matter. I guess its a nice reminder what a total bastard Lovecraft was, but it made me uncomfortable.
On a more literary note: I really enjoyed The Whisperer in Darkness, the point at which the protagonist ignores a million blatantly obvious signs of danger and proceeds to put himself in a precarious situation really pulled me out of the story. It was so patently obviously that something bad was going to happen and this allegedly very educated and intelligent person seemed almost entirely oblivious to the real possibility of the danger it posed it just killed the character for me.
On a more literary note: I really enjoyed The Whisperer in Darkness, the point at which the protagonist ignores a million blatantly obvious signs of danger and proceeds to put himself in a precarious situation really pulled me out of the story. It was so patently obviously that something bad was going to happen and this allegedly very educated and intelligent person seemed almost entirely oblivious to the real possibility of the danger it posed it just killed the character for me.