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cryo_guy 's review for:
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Dark Tales
by H.P. Lovecraft
After reading "The Colour Out of Space" and being enticed by several other friends to read more Lovecraft AND staring at an untouched copy of some random collection of his shorts I had picked up at a used book store, I resolved to slake my dreadful curiosity and read this one (recommended and borrowed from a friend).
I liked them for the most part. Predictably, the shadow over innsmouth and the call of Cthulhu were my favorites, but I also liked the whisperer in darkness just because it had so many weird elements in it and the haunter of the dark because it was nice and contained.
I wasn't a huge fan of the "family degeneration" stories or the rats in the walls (Oh the rats drive the dude crazy, whoa ho!). I'm so-so about the witch house one.
Otherwise I liked the style Lovecraft went for, but towards the end I did find my interest waning. I think reading them all in succession was a mistake because they have such obvious similarities.
Overall worth reading, I think. (Oh and I skipped the one about Charles Dexter Ward)
I liked them for the most part. Predictably, the shadow over innsmouth and the call of Cthulhu were my favorites, but I also liked the whisperer in darkness just because it had so many weird elements in it and the haunter of the dark because it was nice and contained.
I wasn't a huge fan of the "family degeneration" stories or the rats in the walls (Oh the rats drive the dude crazy, whoa ho!). I'm so-so about the witch house one.
Otherwise I liked the style Lovecraft went for, but towards the end I did find my interest waning. I think reading them all in succession was a mistake because they have such obvious similarities.
Overall worth reading, I think. (Oh and I skipped the one about Charles Dexter Ward)