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A review by zachlittrell
The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
4.0
Frankly, I was sold by this story once I read the expression, 'blasphemous fish-frogs.'
If you can make it through Lovecraft's verbose first half, where several characters expel long monologues of Innsmouth's local history, you will be richly rewarded in the second half.
It's in the latter half when Lovecraft gets to show off his talents as a writer. He is a master at creating tense atmospheres -- Innsmouth is an unsettling place by day and even more so by night. He successfully creates unsettling creatures roaming in the background, foes seemingly everywhere in creaking Innsmouth.
Lovecraft's narrator is a sharp but seemingly average man who has accidentally wandered into an ancient maritime horror. Reading this at night is the best way to accompany him on his descent towards madness.
If you can make it through Lovecraft's verbose first half, where several characters expel long monologues of Innsmouth's local history, you will be richly rewarded in the second half.
It's in the latter half when Lovecraft gets to show off his talents as a writer. He is a master at creating tense atmospheres -- Innsmouth is an unsettling place by day and even more so by night. He successfully creates unsettling creatures roaming in the background, foes seemingly everywhere in creaking Innsmouth.
Lovecraft's narrator is a sharp but seemingly average man who has accidentally wandered into an ancient maritime horror. Reading this at night is the best way to accompany him on his descent towards madness.