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A review by jarrahpenguin
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
3.0
H.P. Lovecraft horror stories are like candy. They're cheaper and arguably as effective as therapy. They're the type of thing you'd want to read if you were having a rough day in a time before you could just go on YouTube and watch cat videos to get over it. My absolute favourite in this collection was "Herbert West -- Reanimator". though I also liked "The Whisperer in Darkness". I enjoyed how Lovecraft uses unreliable narrators in a way that makes you question the incredible stories being told while at the same time wanting to believe them.
I would recommend though that readers take a look at some of the discussion around Lovecraft's racis. It raised for me and I felt I had to do some follow-up learning after I finished the book. I particularly recommend Nicole Cushing's response to the defense that Lovecraft's racism(as exemplified in the way he characterizes several heathen groups as "negroid" or coming out of the "South Sea Islanders", as well as the depiction of the black boxer in "Herbert West -- Reanimator" and the mention of his cat's name, Nigger-man, in "The Rats in the Walls") can be overlooked or explained away by saying Lovecraft was a "man of his time": http://nicolecushing.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/lovecraft-racism-the-man-of-his-time-defense/
While I don't think this means people shouldn't read his stuff, I would like to see it generally presented with more critical, historical context in introductions as well as when the stories are taught in schools.
I would recommend though that readers take a look at some of the discussion around Lovecraft's racis. It raised for me and I felt I had to do some follow-up learning after I finished the book. I particularly recommend Nicole Cushing's response to the defense that Lovecraft's racism(as exemplified in the way he characterizes several heathen groups as "negroid" or coming out of the "South Sea Islanders", as well as the depiction of the black boxer in "Herbert West -- Reanimator" and the mention of his cat's name, Nigger-man, in "The Rats in the Walls") can be overlooked or explained away by saying Lovecraft was a "man of his time": http://nicolecushing.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/lovecraft-racism-the-man-of-his-time-defense/
While I don't think this means people shouldn't read his stuff, I would like to see it generally presented with more critical, historical context in introductions as well as when the stories are taught in schools.