Not quite as good as the first three. We follow the youngsters who are now young adults. I want more of Elinor being weird and creepy! She dominates eNot quite as good as the first three. We follow the youngsters who are now young adults. I want more of Elinor being weird and creepy! She dominates every scene she's in because I pay so much more attention to what she's doing than anyone else.
Rape is used as a plot device and that is never a plus....more
Going to have to disagree with all the positive reviews on here. I found it boring, stilted, and sophomoric.
When I encounter weird fiction, I want to Going to have to disagree with all the positive reviews on here. I found it boring, stilted, and sophomoric.
When I encounter weird fiction, I want to like it. Then I read it and I hate it. Every time.
I think it was supposed to reclaim Lovecraft from his racist roots. Did it work? Just because there is a black main character and people of color are mentioned in not absolutely terrible ways? Is that all you need to do to make something "not racist"?...more
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Ron Perlman. I wonder if he helped or hindered the book. It was already boring, and he did not add much with hI listened to the audiobook narrated by Ron Perlman. I wonder if he helped or hindered the book. It was already boring, and he did not add much with his even tone of voice. I don't do horror so this was a stretch for me, but it was the October book club pick, so I went for it anyway. I need not have worried, because it wasn't scary. Or interesting.
Attributed by a few sources as the beginning of Hollywood's obsession with the mummy's curse.Attributed by a few sources as the beginning of Hollywood's obsession with the mummy's curse....more
Lots of incestual gay vampire sex. Very goth. Everyone has stringy long black hair and painted black finger nails and cuts themselves. Maybe if I had Lots of incestual gay vampire sex. Very goth. Everyone has stringy long black hair and painted black finger nails and cuts themselves. Maybe if I had gone through that phase I would have liked it more....more
I picked this up because I enjoyed the miniseries so thoroughly. At almost every turn, the miniseries took the ideas from the book and made them betteI picked this up because I enjoyed the miniseries so thoroughly. At almost every turn, the miniseries took the ideas from the book and made them better/scarier/more charming, as the case may be. I absolutely LIVED for Dr. Goodsir in the TV show, and while I liked him here he was just so so good IRL, as was the actor who played Capt. Crosier.
At a certain point, about 75% of the way through, the book became torture porn. Bad thing after bad thing happened to the crew and I grew tired of it. It was exhausting.
I'm not quite sure why it was necessary to have a supernatural element added to the story - all these men died, and (I assume) there was no revenge bear in history.
Every interaction of a man with a woman was extremely questionable and cringeworthy.
Still, though, I actually quite liked it! It was readable, it was scary, it was full of hubris. Dr. Goodsir is so great.
The voice actor was amazing. Definitely added to the tone and depth of the characters with perfect accents. ...more
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