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A review by lori_goshert
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
3.0
(Deep breath) Okay. I wasn't sure whether to read this or not. To say H.P. Lovecraft is problematic is an understatement, but I was curious.
The good: He really was a master of worldbuilding and of creating a creepy atmosphere. Especially in the later stories.
The bad: The racism. It's not just that he was a huge racist, even compared to the society he lived in. It's that racism permeates his stories, and not just in the cat names. There is, however, less racism in his latest stories than there is in earlier ones (I've heard people say that he became less racist over time. Maybe this is true.). So, a star and a half off for the racism.
The bad: He tended to overuse phrases such as "could not be described." While of course writers often leave some things to the imagination, overdoing this comes across as lazy writing. Again, we got less of this, and more description, in the later stories. Half a star off for that.
The good: He really was a master of worldbuilding and of creating a creepy atmosphere. Especially in the later stories.
The bad: The racism. It's not just that he was a huge racist, even compared to the society he lived in. It's that racism permeates his stories, and not just in the cat names. There is, however, less racism in his latest stories than there is in earlier ones (I've heard people say that he became less racist over time. Maybe this is true.). So, a star and a half off for the racism.
The bad: He tended to overuse phrases such as "could not be described." While of course writers often leave some things to the imagination, overdoing this comes across as lazy writing. Again, we got less of this, and more description, in the later stories. Half a star off for that.