The Call of Cthulhu

Not sorry that I picked this one up. My body will hate me for a general lack of rest these next couple of days, but my mind is pleased. Lovecraft is brilliant and horrific. I expected a story of a monster, but instead found a mystery of the deep, of the stars and of man's ability to test the waters of madness.

2.5/5. Rounded up to 3.

Honestly… the short story is not great. The premise, which most people definitely heard about, about a giant horrific creature eons old, is definitely interesting. How can it not be? But the story wasn't executed well, which many people are starting to agree on.

Still, if you're reading it in recent times, I'm willing to bet that it's because of all the hype about it. In reality, it's repetitive, anticlimactic, and… boring. I'm the type of person who can read numerous pages that are just describing the surroundings in a book, but I found myself yawning at galactic horror. I am horrified by the premise, and bored by the subpar execution.

This story is one of the founding pillars of horror fiction, and I can see how it would be earth-shaking when it first came out. But it just doesn't stand the test of time, in my opinion. Despite my gripes with the book, I do think that's it's worth giving it a read since it's one of the classics. I'll try to eventually read more stories by H.P. Lovecraft, and I hope that they're better than this one… Or that it at least has less casual racism, and fewer descriptions of literally anything and everything with the word "queer"(strange; odd.).

Great story. American horror story could tack it as one of season ideas.

So great this mystic tale can really bring chluthl to life

Cthulu is a cool character concept and I looooove monsters and creatures but this book is kinda boring no offence, but I would like it to be just about cthulu not some hoomanz talkin' so I didn't read it to the end on the second page I was bored. So if you like fantasy and creatures you'd be better off reading Lord of the rings,

its just kinda boring tbh

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It's easy to see how Stephen King got his inspiration from this book in some aspects. The Call of Cthulhu, a short story by H.P. Lovecraft often published today as a novella in various formats, is a bizarre mixture of unsettling science fiction and occult intrigue.

I read it because I wanted to.
In fact I am here on this app to read it .

Nice thing.