Reviews

67 Tales of Horror by H.P. Lovecraft

trash_reader_'s review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

There was really only 5 stories in this entire collection that I actually enjoyed. And, no. One of them was NOT The Call of Cthulhu. Most of the stories were boring and were just TELLING you that you are supposed to be scared (i.e. The Call of Cthulhu). The descriptions are so lazy. You can't scare someone just by saying something is "too terrifying for your mind to comprehend." Shut up.

I understand how these could possibly be considered top horror in the time frame they were written in, but the fact that Lovecraft could only get published in obscure pulp magazines should probably be a big hint as to how unpopular his work actually was. And how shitty of a person he was, which definitely didn't help and it does show in his writing.

billyhopscotch's review against another edition

This book was my introduction to Lovecraft. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

pirate_jesus's review against another edition

1.0

I rate it trash. This tome compiles 21 stories, each accompanied by a brief history of its publication, and upon completion I stand firm that none of you who claim to be Lovecraft fans have actually read a damn word. It’s just something cool or goth to portray. Anything resembling a decent story is buried under terrible conventions, laziness, and blatant racism. Most companies outright refused to publish him for lack of quality, many of these stories going to tabloids or being dug-up posthumously. His constant use of the “dear reader” type of first-person narrative gets old, quick, as does the extreme stretch by which he links even the most foreign of tales to his universe by mention of Arkham and/or Miskatonic University... and let me guess, the architecture of this new place will be labeled “cyclopean...” yep, there it is! But the latter are mostly sufferable complaints. I respect the 1920’s attempt at a horror universe, pre Wu-Tang or MCU. What I can’t suffer is the writer’s version of an artist’s mental block for drawing hands. His descriptions are either hidden (indescribably alien; too horrible to recount in detail; your mind couldn’t possibly comprehend the terror; the sight of which has been blacked from memory) or disgustingly overboard (3 large pages of small font used to provide precise three measurement volume dimensions of a tentacle on a tentacle on a tentacle on a tentacle on a star shaped head, plus the appendages on each and where exactly they fall on the color wheel. No eyes though). #readingrainbow #bigdumb #toomanyknuckles #yourewrong #okiknowtwopeoplewhoactuallyenjoylovecraft

onemoremolly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

reganross's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

2.0

bubblescotch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

wolfpitreads's review against another edition

I'm not strong enough to fully finish this collection like this.

waybackwhen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative 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

4.0

hopedecays's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

alen97's review against another edition

4.0

I must admit that I liked it. It was scary as I was told though, so because of that I was a bit deluded. Otherwise for the rest it was really nice and enjoyable.