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wickedmitch's review
5.0
This version of Lovecraft’s famous fictional grimoires is excellent. It captures the key aspects of real-world texts purporting to impart occult secrets in ancient times and manages to balance that with the source material Lovecraft provides. If you find cosmic horror and/or the occult interesting it is a must read
zraitor's review
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
welther47's review
2.0
I like what Donald was trying to do, but it feels very light and I don't like the structure. How can this be sold as a paperback; and not as a leatherbound hardcover?
The structure is a chosen element from Lovecrafts writings, which is covered in a chapter of 3-5 pages. Then the next and the next; the chapters being nearly independent from each other.
This is really work ONLY Lovecrafts himself could and should have done himself. For it requires expansions and inventing on the fiction - his fiction.
But Donald did great in most parts and was true to the universe and lore of the fiction.
Then all is said and done, I liked the book. It's a "fun" book; fan-fiction really. But I did get bored in with it too and just wanted to finish it.
The structure is a chosen element from Lovecrafts writings, which is covered in a chapter of 3-5 pages. Then the next and the next; the chapters being nearly independent from each other.
This is really work ONLY Lovecrafts himself could and should have done himself. For it requires expansions and inventing on the fiction - his fiction.
But Donald did great in most parts and was true to the universe and lore of the fiction.
Then all is said and done, I liked the book. It's a "fun" book; fan-fiction really. But I did get bored in with it too and just wanted to finish it.
cassiopeian_star's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
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