Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

O Chamado de Cthulhu e outros contos by H.P. Lovecraft

22 reviews

iikeli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

dylan_loves_classics's review against another edition

Lovecraft has some great moments and ideas, but the stories quickly get repetitive. The way he dehumanizes BIPOC is more off putting than his horror.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

obliquasmiles's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

I was so excited to read this book, knowing nothing of lovecraft except the concept of his books. Unfortunately, his tales are plagued. The longer stories tended to be easier to read because they had less oppressive language.
Overall, one star for whoever put these stories together, the last couple seemed to tie it all up to feel like it was all part of the same flawed world. And one other because I did actually quite enjoy "at the mountains of madness", which was also a considerable portion of the book.
However, if you're looking for cosmic horror, I'd say to look for some more recent work from other authors who aren't going to start aggressively discriminating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

nicolaaaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

macliffe's review against another edition

Didn’t love the writing style and too much zombie / cultish stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

keltaklo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cannibalism

blubel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

romi98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

jigwam82's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

The thing about reading Lovecraft is that he was really in need of a good editor. Some of his prose is stunning and the ideas are astonishing, but sometimes his prose is too dense or repetitive. So a mixture of glorious and terrible. He was a hideous racist even for the time period, it's disgusting. But it's important to not erase writing like this lest we deify writers who had unconscionable opinions without knowing that was the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and War