Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft

2 reviews

jigwam82's review

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

The thing about reading Lovecraft is that he was really in need of a good editor. Some of his prose is stunning and the ideas are astonishing, but sometimes his prose is too dense or repetitive. So a mixture of glorious and terrible. He was a hideous racist even for the time period, it's disgusting. But it's important to not erase writing like this lest we deify writers who had unconscionable opinions without knowing that was the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, War, Gore, and Violence

commander_zander's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Call of Cthulhu is the least appealing of these stories. The others i'd recommend for those who want to learn more about the history of science fiction, or to discover largely-forgotten horror tropes. Not recommended to general readers (because of predictable plotlines & racism).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Antisemitism

A primary theme is unavoidable planetary disaster.