Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

5 reviews

briereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

My first time reading any of Lovecraft's work, and I wasn't really impressed. Even beyond the blatant xenophobia that pervades his work, I simply didn't find the horrors he described quite that horrifying. I don't think time treated the wok kindly (once more, even beyond the BLATANT and PERVASIVE xenophobia)--the once titillating and unimaginable horrors are honestly well within my understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Xenophobia, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide

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, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Classism and Colonisation

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Had some cool vibe but got ruined by the racism a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Death

commander_zander's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Call of Cthulhu is the least appealing of these stories. The others i'd recommend for those who want to learn more about the history of science fiction, or to discover largely-forgotten horror tropes. Not recommended to general readers (because of predictable plotlines & racism).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Antisemitism

A primary theme is unavoidable planetary disaster.

perenian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

I don’t like horror. I think I ought to have realised this by now, but Cthulu called and I answered. Lovecraft is terribly racist, but his stories are quite interesting. Not bad, just creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Racism