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A review by jmaddren
Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth by Stephen Jones
4.0
3.75 Rounded up.
There are some great stories in this short story collection, the majority of them stayed faithful to the creepy Innsmouth atmosphere, however I would have liked to see more creepiness and less attempts to overly characterize characters who I couldn't really care about in several pages worth of a story. My least favourite story was the one with the pretentious painter and his holier than thou attitude, the ending felt rushed and it was the only Lovecraftian nod in the story, but it seemed more like a quick afterthought to conclude an awful character.
There are some great stories in this short story collection, the majority of them stayed faithful to the creepy Innsmouth atmosphere, however I would have liked to see more creepiness and less attempts to overly characterize characters who I couldn't really care about in several pages worth of a story. My least favourite story was the one with the pretentious painter and his holier than thou attitude, the ending felt rushed and it was the only Lovecraftian nod in the story, but it seemed more like a quick afterthought to conclude an awful character.