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3.0

as a big old timey horror fan, I can appreciate the new things Lovecraft brought to the table. and they're great. the prose-poetry writing is beautiful, the stories are scary and the backstories of the monsters are amazing.

but it's 2016 and I can't ignore the racism... and it's too much and literally towards everyone that isn't white... I couldn't tune that out.

so, as much as I loved some of the spooky stuff, I can't really appreciate them as much as I want to

full review here: https://catshelf.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/book-review-120-the-call-of-cthulhu-and-other-weird-stories-by-h-p-lovecraf/