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A review by imnotmillied
The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1 by Matthew J. Elliott, H.P. Lovecraft
3.0
Not too bad for my first experience of Lovecraft, but I think I will leave his works in the 'little and not often' category of books to read. The structure of each story is very similar and the longer ones are quite long-winded. I liked the short stories but the whole book was hard for me to read, which is odd for it's length.
You can also tell that Lovecraft's favourite word is 'cyclopean' and I still have no idea what he's talking about when he says 'cyclopean pillars'. Lovecraft is also a white supremacist and after doing some research and thinking, you can really tell, even in the little he talks about race, none of the instances are good and some stories are definitely racist metaphors or analogies.
Update: Cyclopean sounds like a cool word but it's just irregular stonemasonry when used for buildings. >:(
You can also tell that Lovecraft's favourite word is 'cyclopean' and I still have no idea what he's talking about when he says 'cyclopean pillars'. Lovecraft is also a white supremacist and after doing some research and thinking, you can really tell, even in the little he talks about race, none of the instances are good and some stories are definitely racist metaphors or analogies.
Update: Cyclopean sounds like a cool word but it's just irregular stonemasonry when used for buildings. >:(