What i enjoyed most about this book were the stories in which Lovecraft directly touches upon the disenchantment of the world. It is indeed sublime to see how Lovecraft handles the death of passion and metaphysichs, which obviously sets his writings to be a founding text of horror, fantasy, and the supernatural.

I think most people will easily note the impact Lovecraft has on mostly all thing related to cosmic and alien terror. I even noticed the effect his writings have on games like Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft, and movies like the thing. The effect these tales have on modern horror literary fiction is impossible to overestimate.

Also, i think most of Lovecraft's writings show a very good use of mystery, this guy knows what to show to the readers and what to hide from them.

My main problem with the books was the tiring repetition i found in some of the tales, and the fact that most of the novellas, and longer stories felt too long, the tales are really rich in ideas, but the execution wasn't always as good as the ambition. Still, the tales are mostly worth it, and i also had an easier time going through the book because i already read some of the longer novellas, it is also worth noting that i listened to some stories via YouTube which was really fun!

For the record, these are the stories I liked:

The beast in the cave, the alchemist, beyond the wall of sleep, the statement of Randolph Carter, the tree, the picture in the house, the temple, facts concerning the late arthur jermyn and his family, the outsider, the moon bog, Azathoth, the rats in the walls, imprisoned with the pharaohs, cool air, the call of Cthulhu, the sliver key, the case of charles dexter ward, the Dunwich horror, the whisperer in darkness, at the mountains of madness, the shadow over innsmouth, the thing on the doorstep, the evil clergyman, the shadow out of time.