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elliot_dw 's review for:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Stories
by H.P. Lovecraft
This was my first time reading Lovecraft, although I’ve read/listened to a lot of things inspired by him. I knew he was racist, but wow wow wow I was still taken aback multiple times. In like multiple ways! So there’s definitely that.
Also everything does start to feel the same after a while. There’s only so many times I can feel creeped out by “nameless horrors”.
All that being said, he is a very good writer, and there were some genuine spooks and gasps. I can tell why he established the conventions of an entire sub-genre, and it’s fun to see those influences in things I love. But I doubt I’ll read any more Lovecraft.
Also everything does start to feel the same after a while. There’s only so many times I can feel creeped out by “nameless horrors”.
All that being said, he is a very good writer, and there were some genuine spooks and gasps. I can tell why he established the conventions of an entire sub-genre, and it’s fun to see those influences in things I love. But I doubt I’ll read any more Lovecraft.