Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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

7 reviews

macliffe's review

Didn’t love the writing style and too much zombie / cultish stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ellama_rachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Found some short stories good, some less good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Antisemitism, Confinement, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Xenophobia, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

keltaklo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Racial slurs, Miscarriage, Xenophobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Cannibalism

briereader's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

My first time reading any of Lovecraft's work, and I wasn't really impressed. Even beyond the blatant xenophobia that pervades his work, I simply didn't find the horrors he described quite that horrifying. I don't think time treated the wok kindly (once more, even beyond the BLATANT and PERVASIVE xenophobia)--the once titillating and unimaginable horrors are honestly well within my understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Xenophobia, Violence, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

Had some cool vibe but got ruined by the racism a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Death

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.

perenian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

I don’t like horror. I think I ought to have realised this by now, but Cthulu called and I answered. Lovecraft is terribly racist, but his stories are quite interesting. Not bad, just creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Racism