Thomas Gaffney reviewed Waking Up Screaming by H. P. Lovecraft
Review of 'Waking Up Screaming' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
There are 16 "short" stories from H.P. Lovecraft. Well, 15 short stories and one 120+ page story that I just couldn't get through, no matter how much I tried.
What I liked:
Cool Air
The Terrible Old Man
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Herbert West - Reanimator
Arthur Jermyn
The Moon-Bog
Dagon
What I didn't like:
The Hound, The Lurking Fear, and The Unnameable were all basically the same "monster" story told in three different ways.
The White Ship was just a simple morality story. I totally wasn't expecting that.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, the aforementioned 120+ page snoozer. WAY too much time on the ancestor of CDW, with absolutely nothing going on.
There are 16 "short" stories from H.P. Lovecraft. Well, 15 short stories and one 120+ page story that I just couldn't get through, no matter how much I tried.
What I liked:
Cool Air
The Terrible Old Man
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Herbert West - Reanimator
Arthur Jermyn
The Moon-Bog
Dagon
What I didn't like:
The Hound, The Lurking Fear, and The Unnameable were all basically the same "monster" story told in three different ways.
The White Ship was just a simple morality story. I totally wasn't expecting that.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, the aforementioned 120+ page snoozer. WAY too much time on the ancestor of CDW, with absolutely nothing going on.