Tag: Short Stories Reviews

Gotta say that this short story was pretty average, it was okay but nothing more than that. 

The writing style here was pretty basic and not much here to say more than that. It was good but sort of this didn’t feel like something Lovecraftian as you might expect. 

The plot itself was okay, but I had hard time connecting with it so of course if I can’t connect with the plot then I can’t give the book / short story a good reading even if I want to.

The narrator of this short story was sort of a generic narrator which you can find in any book and short story with a narrator from 1900s. 

I think that this short story had a little bit of potential to be better than it actually was. 

I give this short story 3 / 5

A former intern and a worker of a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer.

The plot in this short story was good, not as amazing as I’ve expect it to be. But it still was very good, very interesting, very fun to read and very engaging. Which really speaks for itself doesn’t it? 

The writing style here was very good, I had some high expectations for this short story but not as high as the writing style turned out to be. The writing style really made you imagine in your head what you are reading in this short story. 

I know that there are some people on the internet that are saying that this short story is racist, but come on give this short story a break. It was published over 100 years ago and a lot of things was very different in 1919 hen this short story was published. Which means that we have different options and standards now than people in 1919 had. But let’s go back to the review shall we ?

I need to give this short story points for showing us that the line between reality and dreams might be very blurred at times. And I’m into that if you didn’t know it so far. 

And this short story really shows us that dreams play an important role in the world of H.P Lovecraft and his stories. 

I read a couple of H.P Lovecraft’s stories and this one so far was the only one to stand out a little bit from the rest I’ve read so far. The reason why it stands out is because the positive insinuation rather than the manipulation of horror which sort of is a relevant topic in the stories from H.P Lovecraft. 

I give this short story 4 / 5

This short story is shorter than most of H.P Lovecraft’s other short stories which really speaks for itself don’t you think?

This short story is based on one of H.P Lovecraft’s dreams which pretty relevant and common technique when it comes to H.P Lovecraft.

The plot it pretty poor but after all this short story is essentially a fragment of something longer. And I truly wish that the whole thing would be published instead of this little fragment. 

The writing style was poor here as well, of course it had some good parts in it but as a whole thing in this short story the writing style is pretty poor. So there isn’t much to talk about here.

This one has nothing to make this short story stand out from the rest. Which really speaks for itself. 

However I need to give this short story points for having the feeling when you are reading it that you are stepping into another person’s dream sequence. 

I give this short story 2 / 5

So another disappointing short story by H.P Lovecraft. Which really makes me sad because I want to like all of H.P Lovecraft’s works but as you may see this website it doesn’t work. 

The writing style in this one I gotta say is probably the most enjoyable part in this short story. The writing style here is sort of a mythic/fantasy style which I really enjoyed.

I gotta give this short story extra points for being connected with Dream Cycle, which is something I truly enjoy when it comes to H.P Lovecraft.

The plot itself here wasn’t really much to talk about here. Because it wasn’t entertaining, it wasn’t enjoyable. It was just bad.

The characters here again are bad, and I again couldn’t connect with them. So the rating is low as you may expect here. 

I give this short story 2 / 5

On a mountain which was a chosen haunt for the Greek God Pan is an olive grove, and a fearful, human-like olive tree within it.

The plot itself had actually surprised me on how goof it actually have been. Because I’ve read some shirt stories by H.P Lovecraft before reading this one and I gotta say that they did disappoint me very much when it came to the plot but this one didn’t because it was so good. 

The plot takes the turn to the classical Greek setting. I’m a huge fan of mythologies and as we all know the greek mythology is probably one of the biggest and richest mythologies which exists. 

The writing style here was bad, I felt like the short story was written by someone who have never written a short story before.  But this can be explained by the fact that short story is sort of a step outside of comfort zone for H.P Lovecraft. Because this one is a little but different than most of his other works. 

The action itself in this short story doesn’t exist because there aren’t much happening in this short story. Which really disappointed me here.

When it comes to the characters in this short story I gotta say that here again they were very poor and I couldn’t connect with them. Which really ruined the short story for me.

I give this short story 2 / 5

The unnamed narrator of the story goes into the middle of the Arabian Peninsula to seek out and enter a lost city. After hearing a clanging seemingly coming from deep inside the earth, the narrator inspects mysterious carvings and ruins until nightfall. The next day, the narrator discovers a cliff riddled with low-ceilinged buildings, unfit for human use.

The writing style was pretty okay, but there were parts of it which really were poor. And these parts really ruined more the short story. 

The plot itself wasn’t great. It was okay at its best. However I liked the fact that this short story was set in the Cthulhu Mythos world. 

And this short story wasn’t another short story which was based on one of H.P Lovecraft’s dream. 

I also need to give this short story couple of points for sometimes having a creepy vibe in it.

However the characters in this short story, I had really hard time connecting with them. And as some of you might know that if I can’t connect with the characters in a book or the plot itself then the results in a very low rating.

I give this short story 2 / 5

A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.

Another good short story from H.P Lovecraft. This short story is very poetic and parable I would say. It was super enjoyable and super engaging. And this short story really proves why H.P Lovecraft is one of the most important authors who ever lived. 

The writing style was good, not as good as it was in the previous short story from H.P Lovecraft we talked about which was “From Beyond”. But the writing style was still incredible and very good. 

I gotta say that this short story was more about just description of a mystical voyage which are on the a strange ship with a strange old man. But it still was very interesting and fun to read. 

Its interesting because of the fact that it’s actually just a fantasy and not a typical Lovecraftian horror which you might expect.

The plot in this short story was interesting and super fun to read. Its a nice escape from the real world on the evening after work / school when you just want to have a book in your hand in your comfy spot.

This short story is kind of long but it is still super fun to read and you will be fully able to read it in one siting. 

The descriptions in this short story are amazing and beautiful which really adds some extra points to this short story. 

However I personally am not the biggest fan of tales and stories of the sea, but I’ve enjoyed this one. 

I give this short story 4 / 5

Celephaïs was created in a dream by Kuranes as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeking it, slowly slips away to the dream-world. Finally knights guide him through medieval England to his ancestral estate, where he spent his boyhood, and then to Celephaïs. 

The writing style in this short story is very poor, which really pissed me off because I had really high expectations for this short story since there were a lots of people who were recommending this short story to me. 

The characters here are again very poor. Poor in the meaning of as developed in the short story, the character to them and everything else which makes a character in a book / short story / movie / series / game. 

The plot here in this short story is pretty poor, and some parts here were like super boring and I was questioning why I’m reading this short story when these parts came. And the plot didn’t really get my full attention and this usually happens when the story is really bad.

However this short story is a typical H.P Lovecraft short story, but if you read some thing written by H.P Lovecraft before reading this one you will be disappointed a little bit because it is so bad.

I give this short story 2 / 5

Told from the first person perspective of an unnamed narrator and details his experiences with a scientist named Crawford Tillinghast. Tillinghast creates an electronic device that emits a resonance wave, which stimulates an affected person’s pineal gland, thereby allowing them to perceive planes of existence outside the scope of accepted reality.

The writing style very good in this one. It really surprised me because it I didn’t expect it and I had low expectations for it.

When it comes to the plot of this short story I gotta say that I truly liked it. It was so good that it surprised me. It has something to it, it was easily to connect with it and it made you imagine the whole story in your head. 

This plot almost seemed like it was perfect for a new season for “Stranger Things”, it really had the vibe of the first season of stranger things. 

It was sort but still super engaging and super enjoyable. However it wasn’t scary as some of you might expect, but it had couple of moments which send chills down my spine. 

And the narrator in this short story was like generic narrator from every gothic horror story but in this short story the narrator had something to him  which made him generic and also unique at the same time.

This short story is full of dread and ingenuity. Which I personally really enjoyed. 

I give this short story 4 / 5

And once again we are talking about a disappointing short story from H.P Lovecraft. And this time as well it is a short story which not a lot of people are talking about. 

The writing style here again was pretty poor and far from great. But it did had some good moments here and there which I need to appreciate. 

The plot itself was pretty okay but it had the potential to be better than it actually was. But this is one of these things which are too late to change now I guess. 

The characters here are also very hard to connect with here which really pissed me off because I want to finally read a good short story from H.P Lovecraft.

I give this short story 2 / 5