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A review by doruga
The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson
4.0
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This acid trip of a story still slaps!
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This one is not for everyone but I really liked it. I heard about it from a youtube video talking about the influences to cosmic horror and lovecraftian style novels. I love cosmic horror but cant really read lovecraft anymore because the racism is too intense, so I decided to check this one out.
The first half of this book is your classic horror creepiness and it was pretty engaging to be honest! I didnt immediately know what was going on which is a plus these days with horror stories. The second half is when all the cosmic aspects of cosmic horror comes in, and it is very weird. I can feel that this section of the book is not really going to be for everyone and can easily be taken as just boring acid trips. I personally really dug it for some reason! Also the explanation as to what is going on is implied but i had to google it to make sure I got it right.
Would recommend not reading the story pitch for this book before reading it as it kinds of spoils why the weird things are happening and its fun to figure it out as you go.
This acid trip of a story still slaps!
OLD
This one is not for everyone but I really liked it. I heard about it from a youtube video talking about the influences to cosmic horror and lovecraftian style novels. I love cosmic horror but cant really read lovecraft anymore because the racism is too intense, so I decided to check this one out.
The first half of this book is your classic horror creepiness and it was pretty engaging to be honest! I didnt immediately know what was going on which is a plus these days with horror stories. The second half is when all the cosmic aspects of cosmic horror comes in, and it is very weird. I can feel that this section of the book is not really going to be for everyone and can easily be taken as just boring acid trips. I personally really dug it for some reason! Also the explanation as to what is going on is implied but i had to google it to make sure I got it right.
Would recommend not reading the story pitch for this book before reading it as it kinds of spoils why the weird things are happening and its fun to figure it out as you go.