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The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft

nebulaic's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars.

il_'s review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.75

mhsopyan_'s review against another edition

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4.0

Salah satu karya Lovecraft yang paling bagus sih menurutku wkwk. Apalagi setelah nulis banyak karya sebelumnya, entah kenapa gaya penulisannya jadi lebih enak dibaca dan gak terkesan kayak baca jurnal ilmiah kek karya2 dia sebelumnya.

Karya-karyanya di beberapa tahun akhir hidupnya emang lebih ke lihat aspek psikis karakternya. Dan ini menurutku jadi aspek utama terutama di cerita ini. Bagaimana kengeriannya terhadap orang-orang dari Innsmouth, ketakutan akan perbedaan morfologis, dialek, budaya, kepercayaan, dan juga gosip yang menyebar ke luar kota.

Menurutku ini jadi cerminan hidup Lovecraft juga yang mungkin agak xenophobic. Terlepas hidup aslinya, karyanya menurutku bagus dan enjoy untuk dibaca apalagi pas malem sambil hujan wkwk.

Dibanding cosmic horror, menurutku karyanya yang ini lebih ke psychological horror atau thriller sih. Karena gak ada Elder God yang muncul sepanjang cerita.

Last note, berkat Bloodborne penggambaran akan kota Innsmouthnya jadi lebih enak dan juga ya berkat karya yang ini banyak game dan film horor populer terinspirasi darinya hehe.

marginson's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

nancyadelman's review against another edition

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1.0

Read the Wikipedia entry.

will_cherico's review against another edition

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4.0

H.P. Lovecraft’s most action-packed story is one of his scariest, despite his meandering pace when he writes the climactic chase in the story. The reason it is one of the scariest stories is not because of the Deep Ones themselves, but what they stand for. The Innsmouth Look, if we look at it from a broader stance than Lovecraft’s aversion to miscegenation and more towards his fears of illness after his father’s contraction of syphillis, shows how the line between a hereditary disease (mental or physical) can be seen as just about the same as a storybook curse. The Innsmouthers are creepy and so is their town, but the true horror of the book occurs in the last few pages when we get the twist that the main character is a descendent of Obed Marsh and as such is doomed to the fate of the Deep One hybrids. The fear of turning into something we are not, and the fear that we will face the consequences of the actions of our ancestors.

kghdodge's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.5

sammydee12's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

5suns's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

benparsonage's review against another edition

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3.0

Strong second half, first half is very info dumpy.