idenkimifah's review against another edition
4.0
An incredible plot crammed into a few pages.
Which is the dream
Could what we perceive as "real life" actually be some sort of dream state
Could our protagonist be right?
Which is the dream
Could what we perceive as "real life" actually be some sort of dream state
Could our protagonist be right?
summer360's review
4.0
What is real and what is not?
Polaris reminds me a lot of the movie, Inception. The protagonist gets too involved in their dream world only to end up blurring the fine line between the actual reality and the imaginary one. The overall world-building was great and Polaris is a great start to Lovecraft's Dream Chapter. The author probably wants to ask the readers if the world that they are living in is the real one or a figment of imagination that they have created and if the real one lies somewhere else.
Polaris reminds me a lot of the movie, Inception. The protagonist gets too involved in their dream world only to end up blurring the fine line between the actual reality and the imaginary one. The overall world-building was great and Polaris is a great start to Lovecraft's Dream Chapter. The author probably wants to ask the readers if the world that they are living in is the real one or a figment of imagination that they have created and if the real one lies somewhere else.
cinemasimulacra's review
2.0
I feel like Lovecraft and Georges Méliès would have gotten along really well as roommates together, horrified of the celestial bodies haunting them at night. Think of the film they could have made together. They're definitely both racist as hell, though.
Read while listening to Ulver's score for the film Riverhead. Good unsettling ambience.
Read while listening to Ulver's score for the film Riverhead. Good unsettling ambience.
whompa's review
dark
reflective
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
3.5
bookofclubs's review against another edition
1.0
Welp, finally got up to the "disgusting yellow men" portions of the writing. I'm guessing I've got a lot of this to look forward to, but it's definitely starting to show some semblance of his later prose.
polpoletus's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.5
kote_'s review against another edition
3.0
“This is no dream, for by what means can I prove the greater reality of that other life in the house of stone and brick south of the sinister swamp and the cemetery on the low hillock, where the Pole Star peers into my north window each night?”
sjch94's review against another edition
4.0
Extremely short yet impactful. One of the most beautiful opening paragraphs of anything I've read, and a killer of an ending. Detracting a star, though, for the murky middle.