A review by angelofthe0dd
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

4.0

My first H.P. Lovecraft book, and I really enjoyed it. A group of explorers go on an Antarctic expedition and discover a long-lost civilization of strange, intelligent creatures. Lovecraft devotes many, many paragraphs describing the extensive, ornate detail of the underground lair of the beings that lived there millions of years ago. It's worth noting that the expedition is split into two parties - one that works from the base camp and another that went seeking adventure. After not hearing back from the latter party, the former goes in search of them. Lovecraft does an amazing job of building suspense and creepy tension. I think I'm going to invest in a volume of complete (or best of) works so I can enjoy more of his writings.