Status Updates From Lovecraft Country

The storytellers make one final mission.

Ok, this is a supernatural finale if I ever saw one. Sure, it’s not as visually impressive compared to the other chapters, and it may be a bit too familiar to the finale of the first story, but I did enjoy how each “storytellers” stories have hints of a plan for them to use. Mark of Cain rating: 7/10

Onto our final story, entitled “The Mark of Cain”, where our storytellers hatch plan.

Looks like it all comes down to this, as each story is a different piece of the puzzle, and when it is put together, it makes it into a whole. I appreciate the “anthology format” disguise that the book a
Accomplished, and I’m eager to see how the story, as a whole, ends.

Horace encounters a horrifying doll.

Alright, we are nearing the end of the book, and the different styles of stories, told from the point of view of different characters, are piecing together a bigger puzzle. Anyway, the story is by far a clear portrait of racial fears, while also being supernatural in tone. Let’s see if the last story can top that. Horace’s Story rating: 7/10

Onto our second to last story: “Horace and the Devil Doll” where Horace is infected with a terrible itch.

Well, I think this book touches upon racism in the Mid 50’s with the supernatural events that coincides with the events happening to Atticus and his companions. This story in particular is different, in that Horace is a victim of both racism & supernatural horror. I’m sure each story is connected though.

Henry Narrow’s and Pearl’s + Ulysses Turner’s story got me fucked up