melsuds 's review for:

The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft

4.0

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I’m going to give this maybe like a 3.9. i understand that it’s pretty really great horror writing but i just hate, hate an information dump. the first half reads like a stock take of the last month’s obituaries. that being said, the second half was great. it felt fresh, and different, and actually quite scary... it’s alarming as it swells; how many monster house stories could you name of recent years? and they are clearly all based in and around Lovecraft but they just can’t help but miss the mark.