ajmarquez's review against another edition
3.0
It’s hard for me to give it 3 stars when there’s so much accomplished here, nevertheless, while this is H. P. Lovecraft on his peak, that is for good and for bad; the beginning is quite exiting as a chronicle and the covert knowledge of the English language by Lovecraft helps to set the mood. The next part of the story must has been Lovecraft in his top macabre imagination, creating a wonderful destination that loses hits effect in over description at times. He knew very well how things looked like, but the narration loses effect many times when he forces his myths every now and then. It’s not subtle, it’s quite forced. The adventure on the finals parts are interesting and the scenery also, but the chronicle narration gets lost when Lovecraft goes all in in the myths, then there’s nothing reliable and you Im understand that the story was just a excuse to pain the world of the Old Ones and their story. What started as a suspense, horror story, turns into something cartoonish at times.
It shows the amazing world living inside his head, there are very precious moments in the story and some suspense, but the over explanation and rationalization towards the Necronomicon, the tribute to Poe and others that feels to me the ambition for the story was way too big and failed not because he didn’t have the skills to paint the picture, but lacking the skills to wrap them in a good narration.
Still, it’s an epic story. Lovecraft strength definitely is better appreciated and with better effect on his shorter stories. But so much horror gets diluted, and a narrator that constantly says he’s traumatized by an event but he continues pushing forward in spite of many horrible things, again, gets diluted.
From the first section definitely one can appreciate its effect on Aliens and maybe also on Who goes there? from Campbell (I wonder if he read Lovecraft).
It’s a colossal triumph and amazing story that takes you to the dark depths of the entities of H.R. Giger and all other kind of nightmares… at least before it becomes a parody of itself.
It shows the amazing world living inside his head, there are very precious moments in the story and some suspense, but the over explanation and rationalization towards the Necronomicon, the tribute to Poe and others that feels to me the ambition for the story was way too big and failed not because he didn’t have the skills to paint the picture, but lacking the skills to wrap them in a good narration.
Still, it’s an epic story. Lovecraft strength definitely is better appreciated and with better effect on his shorter stories. But so much horror gets diluted, and a narrator that constantly says he’s traumatized by an event but he continues pushing forward in spite of many horrible things, again, gets diluted.
From the first section definitely one can appreciate its effect on Aliens and maybe also on Who goes there? from Campbell (I wonder if he read Lovecraft).
It’s a colossal triumph and amazing story that takes you to the dark depths of the entities of H.R. Giger and all other kind of nightmares… at least before it becomes a parody of itself.
wyabook234's review
4.0
It’s interesting for a nightmarish decent to put its focus on the mythology of the monstrous force from within, it can be interesting to the world-builders. This journey into the Antarctic can be as hard as ice and not as fluid as the Soogoths tentacles when it comes to the translation of the complication of the monstrous subject unless you are familiar with the author, and also the travellers could have more depth to who they are.
morafresa's review
3.0
Lovecraft es uno de mis escritores favoritos, pero esta novela se me hizo cuesta arriba.
Desde el 2010 había estado tratando de leerla, pero siempre la abandonada en algún punto (creo que pasaba antes de las 20 páginas). Pero como la tercera es la vencida, al fin la leí aajajajaja
La verdad me costó porque Lovecraft describe en demasiado detalle las construcciones y cuando una novela es demasiado descriptiva, mi mente se desconcentra ;w;
El fondo de la novela me gustó, con el enfrentamiento entre los Antiguos y los shoggoths. Pero lo hubiese disfrutado más si no fuera por esas descripciones u_u
Igual tkm Lovecraft uwu
PD: Me encanta que la Antártica sea fuente de horrores en la ficción jajajja
PD2: ¿Qué tenía Lovecraft en contra de los pingüinos? ¬¬
Desde el 2010 había estado tratando de leerla, pero siempre la abandonada en algún punto (creo que pasaba antes de las 20 páginas). Pero como la tercera es la vencida, al fin la leí aajajajaja
La verdad me costó porque Lovecraft describe en demasiado detalle las construcciones y cuando una novela es demasiado descriptiva, mi mente se desconcentra ;w;
El fondo de la novela me gustó, con el enfrentamiento entre los Antiguos y los shoggoths. Pero lo hubiese disfrutado más si no fuera por esas descripciones u_u
Igual tkm Lovecraft uwu
PD: Me encanta que la Antártica sea fuente de horrores en la ficción jajajja
PD2: ¿Qué tenía Lovecraft en contra de los pingüinos? ¬¬
lleullawgyffes's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
kcgrim's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
imyerhero's review against another edition
3.0
This book was sooooo insanely boring for the first few chapters. It was hard to stand it. But I kept at it because its so short. After Lake moves into his expedition, it got a little better. I’ll admit, I was intrigued by the concept of the book, but I was also overwhelmed by all the technical stuff that got in the way. It seemed this story could have been told with a lot less words. (What can I say, I’m a blunt and efficient person…) Once the story got going, I liked it, but at the point where the modern novel would really start becoming something you could sink your incisors, canines, bicuspids, AND molars into…the men run away and the story ends. *snaps* Just like that. Maybe I’m just ingrained with the idea that if there’s a chance for special effects you should exploit it. Thanks a lot, Hollywood…
lulu_readsalot's review
2.0
It was super boring for two thirds of the story, but if you power through, the last bit is quite interesting and cool.
harrisoncrerar's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
poercelain's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75