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The Dunwich Horror
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October 1, 2019
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October 31, 2019
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Mary
Apr 20, 2017 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
This is my second Lovecraft story, after the famous Call of Cthulhu, and I was similarly underwhelmed by it. I admit that the mythology he created is interesting, but I find him to be a very clumsy writer when it comes to the execution. Reading this, and Call of Cthulhu, I could never get past his flat characters, unrealistic dialogue, and vague descriptions of the horrors that are often 'too terrible to put into words' to feel any of the intended fear.

In short, for a horror story it just isn't
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Lynn
Sep 08, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kelsey Gregory
Sep 18, 2019 marked it as to-read
Adriana Boisen
Oct 16, 2019 marked it as to-read