Scott

One of the best Lovecraftian stories I have read. A bit of a divergence from the first in the series, but the change of pace is welcome. Looking forward to the 3rd.

enjoyed the prose, hard to like the protagonist, but great perspective.

For a book that is 123 years old I was surprised at how modern it felt. I never knew this book was written as meta-fiction via a set of correspondence, diary entries and phonograph recordings. It was engrossing, sharply funny at parts, and progressive. I liked the switching of perspectives. I will have to see if there are re-imaginings of this story from other characters perspectives.

That being said there were a few things that did not seem to age well, the relic of class systems is obvious and at times the characters are a bit racist.

A bit too generic, could have been written based on public knowledge and good guesses.

Simple ideas, simple plans, kinda fuzzy about how one finds a good investment, but good advice.

Less wild parties than I expected :)
Good overviews of the various strategies used by the covered investors, and the “why” they worked at that time and that market.

Mostly nostalgic, personally informative for the pre 95ish scene and eye opening for some of the more recent (post 2012 stuff).

4 - 5 stars for the target audience (7-10 years of age), not really holding up upon re-reading as an adult.

Interesting idea. Not at all what I was expecting after reading other work from the author.

Fills in the gory details of the HW investigation. Feel dirty now.

Had good feels, very light on details.

Interesting concept of the really dark anti-hero, still seemed a bit thin on content, and had a hard time suspending disbelief.

Was a let down, interesting to re-visit the characters, but some of the exposition was just crap.


One of the conversations describes how Lisbeth at one point decides to open up and tell a very long personal story about her sister (including minute details), which seems like a lot of ret-con just to introduce the next big-bad villain.


There was a lot more “tell” instead of “show” in this story.

I can see they are opening up the world more, but a couple sucker punches kinda threw me out of it.

Raises the stakes and fills in some of the back story. A fun grimy gumshoe wizard tale.

I think I am about 3 years behind on the actual web comic. I wonder if I will eventually buy books about the years I have missed.

Great world building, and cats!

Great “world building”, I guess more like “universe building”. A couple of the “twists” were a bit telegraphed, but the tech was mind-binding. Feel like this story was just the tip of the iceberg. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

A bit thin on details, but rich in allegory. Stick to the system (which ever you like), don't over reach, don't let emotion effect your trades, and most important take your profits.

2020 re-read notes
Have a system, test your system. Know that your system is not perfect and that each trade is an opportunity to re-test your system. Your system is not YOU, treat trading like a business. Try and remove energy from thought patterns which can lead you to make mistakes and give energy to thought patterns that help you reach objectivity in your trading.

I enjoyed the mind-bending parts about the Macro-verse, and how ‘It' is an entity from outside our universe. This made the book less of a normal monster of the week adventure. The Turtle and Ritual of Chud were my favorite bits, however I could have done without the sexually explicit parts.

“That was stupid” Indeed!

A bit hand-wavy, and very leading with the clues.

A compelling description of compulsion.

This series is getting better with each entry.

A bit tame with the suggested “plays”