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So after watching the movie ‘Sacrifice', (which wasn't too bad) and finding out it was based on a story I decided to check this out.
I gotta say they changed so much from the story that I don't really see the point of even using it as a setting. But anyway, the original story itself isn't too bad either, just kind of annoying with the fighting family and making the husband's character go mad very very quickly to make the story work.
The rest of the collection is filled out with stories that aren't outright terrible, just kind of run of the mill. This is one of those books that didn't elicit a strong response of like or dislike, just kind of meh. I liked it enough to read because I like this kind of subject matter but that's about it.
My favorite was easily ‘Thicker Than Water' as it is based on Lovecraft's ‘The Shadow over Innsmouth' and I can read stories based on that all day. It also suffers from the main character who quickly has to act dumb to make things work, which was a thing that sort of runs on throughout the collection of The Colour of Madness.
It is a good enough read if you like weird fiction but overall I found it to be pretty average.
Merged review:
So after watching the movie ‘Sacrifice', (which wasn't too bad) and finding out it was based on a story I decided to check this out.
I gotta say they changed so much from the story that I don't really see the point of even using it as a setting. But anyway, the original story itself isn't too bad either, just kind of annoying with the fighting family and making the husband's character go mad very very quickly to make the story work.
The rest of the collection is filled out with stories that aren't outright terrible, just kind of run of the mill. This is one of those books that didn't elicit a strong response of like or dislike, just kind of meh. I liked it enough to read because I like this kind of subject matter but that's about it.
My favorite was easily ‘Thicker Than Water' as it is based on Lovecraft's ‘The Shadow over Innsmouth' and I can read stories based on that all day. It also suffers from the main character who quickly has to act dumb to make things work, which was a thing that sort of runs on throughout the collection of The Colour of Madness.
It is a good enough read if you like weird fiction but overall I found it to be pretty average.
