Reviews

The Dunwich Horror: Seven Stories by Len Goldberg, H.P. Lovecraft

nattjs's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

cdyer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Good introduction to lovecraft,s works.

clummo's review against another edition

3.0

First time reading Lovecraft. The writing style is obviously quite different from most stories published today, but after getting used to the verbose, impersonal narration the story was quite intriguing. It's easy to see why so many authors even today cite Lovecraft as a source of inspiration.

murinius's review against another edition

4.0

I'm writing a story with my friend and brushing up on writers who had the skills to do what we want to do so we can learn how to do it. The language is really up to my taste, most of it sounds like a way someone would speak who never talked to another human being but only read books from a prior century. Not counting the parts where he tries to simulate a dialect. My friend said, "Thanks, I hate it" as I was copying it for them in bafflement. Love the mixture of references real and unreal, and the atmospheric writing is just what I needed, things happening unnervingly at every moment.

Do have to warn however for references to incest and eugenicist language. Read up on eugenics in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries and you will understand what is the context of its writing. Lovecraft was a racist and a eugenicist but not particularly so considering what were the policies of his government. Also read on how poor whites were regarded in the US and you will understand it even better; 18th century philosophers and travel writers were already talking about the "backwaters" in similar terms, referring to these poor whites as the refuse of England's shores and such. Lovecraft is an exceptional writer in many ways but by no means outstanding in this aspect.

redlynx's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.25

Way better than call of cthulu.

pajalapak's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

flavio_fly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

sarinqar's review against another edition

4.0

-El color que cayó del cielo 4/5⭐️
-El que susurra en la oscuridad 4,/5⭐️
-El horror de dunwich 4/5⭐️
-El caso de charles dexter ward 5/5⭐️

wintrovia's review against another edition

3.0

Another Lovecraft's story with a good idea at the centre with dreary execution. Maybe it's me, but I find his writing style stiff and formal in a way that makes me disengage with his stories. I don't think this is just a case of the story being written in another time as some of my favourite authors were writing before Lovecraft's and can tell stories in a way that's still relatable in the current time.

ketutar's review against another edition

4.0

It is so fascinating how H.P.Lovecraft with so little manages to tell these rather complicated stories and weave the horror... I'm sitting here listening to audiobook with a twist in my stomach, and I'm slightly at unease about what might be under my bed - there can't be any ancient horrors there, I live in a high rise, 3rd floor and the bed is closed, there are storage boxes under the bed. Not even cats get there without opening the boxes. But, nevertheless, I would be surprised if the floor was slimy :-D
I feel bad for Wilbur Whateley, though I don't think I should. X-D Oh, us humans with our empathy, sympathy, compassion...