Content tagged with "horror"

The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
Book Review
May 10, 2023
978

This is an anthology of every work of narrative fiction H.P. Lovecraft wrote, in order. I had always wondered about Lovecraft. I was familiar with “Call of Cthulhu,” the role-playing game. Then a few years ago, I read “The Call of Cthulhu” online, just out of curiosity. And then Lovecraft Country…

Dracula
Book Review
July 10, 2018
92

Great novel. Does not read like it was written 121 years ago. Genuinely terrifying in parts. Suffers a bit in the middle as the characters run around London, and I got a little confused as to what they were doing. It turns into a bit of a detective story. I got the main gist of what was going on,…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Deane’s Library
Book Review
November 19, 2022
217

So, here’s the thing – if you know the secret, there’s not much point reading the book. And everyone knows the secret by now – “Jekyll and Hyde” has become a common idiom. But back when this was published in Victorian England, no one knew the twist, and it was probably a hell of a surprise in the…