Reviews tagging 'Death'

L'Appel de Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft

8 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

jaedia's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.0

I’ve never read anything by H. P. Lovecraft before and now I don’t know if I will. 

The Call of Cthulhu is one of H. P. Lovecraft’s best known stories but it was a big flop for me. I guess people in the 1920s were scared by different things than people in the 2020s. 

And let it be known, I scare easily! I rarely read horror because I generally can’t handle them and scare myself senseless. Especially at night. This wasn’t that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness

aspeights's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

a foundational horror text, could do with less overt racism though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

anastasia_raf's review against another edition

fast-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

1.5

Just another white man displaying ignorance and romanticizing it by dreaming up stories. He's criminally overrated.

If you're interested in reading his whatever we should be aware of:
"He was an explicit white supremacist and his racist views were apparent in his writing."
Please take the time to read this https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5883881

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

aropuzzler's review against another edition

dark fast-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

trulydevious's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death

cnohero's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Very dark and creepy.  Disturbing and also a little ridiculous. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood