A review by theneverendingtbr
The Haunter of the Dark: Collected Short Stories Volume 3 by H.P. Lovecraft

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

"From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent." 

So I'd already read most of the collected stories in Volume 3, as most of them were in the Necronomicon and I've read about 80% of that one - which I'm going back to right now to finish it.

Most of the stories in Volume 3 of the collected stories are very well known ones, such as The Colour Out of Space, Herbert West - Reanimator, The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Statement of Randolph Carter which I'd previously read so I skipped them.

The ones I hadn't read before were The Other Gods, Polaris, The Horror at Red Hook and my favourite of this bunch of unread ones was the brilliant The Shunned House.

Now back to finish Necronomicon - The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, which I bought back in 2014 but haven't finished because it's one of those Barnes and Nobles type books that weigh a ton and make reading awkward BUT I'm going to make this my final attempt to finish it - there's a few stories left.

Then onto finish Eldritch Tales after that and that's me done. 😌👌