The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Volume 1

This being the first of a 4 volume collection, it includes the earliest (and inherently weakest) of Lovecraft's works. For the modern reader, these are a rather dragging, slow, not that enjoyable reading experience. Plenty of “woe me this and woe me that”, “oh, the indescribable horror!” (and it truly is not described at all...) and “some people know some dark secrets, but they keep them to themselves”. Plenty of 1800s heavy-handed dark atmosphere, but not that much actual story (usually none, to be honest). I still love some Lovecraft stories, but not those in this volume (which I found simply annoying, pardon my heresy).

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