aardwyrm 's review for:

The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A museum piece. Much less weird than I expected based on reputation, indulges in all the stylistic quirks of the era, follows a dull man who wanders around seeing spooky stuff. It is frankly not very good. a ruthless editor might have turned it into a good short story. But it's atmosphere is spectacular stuff, even if it's nonsense, and you can see this thing's DNA all over the genre. Fun and worth excavating