The Fisherman
The Fisherman
Ratings9
Average rating3.8
This is cosmic horror, yes, but a fresh take on it rather than a rehashing of Lovecraft (not that I have anything against works that build upon popular lore). I'd give this book 3 stars, but the writing style and subversion of typical Weird Horror expectations bumps it up half a star, which then gets rounded up.
Where other Weird Horror is woven with existential dread and things unknowable, The Fisherman is pervaded by the underlying horror of loss.