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The Whisperer in Darkness

The Whisperer in Darkness

1931 • 136 pages

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15

Quite enjoyed reading this. The story is, like the Dunwich Horror, told from the perspective of a learned individual. Of how disbelief and fascination are woven together into a compelling narrative. I just love that flowery prose, even though it drove me to a dictionary quite a few times.

The way the story told conveys a sense of growing dread and paranoia that can infect the reader's imagination, thinking about just what's out there. You get these glimpses and then of strange far-fetched tales that just gets your mind racing about all the possibilities.

After reading three of Lovecraft's stories, I'm really getting why there's even a genre (Lovecraftian-horror) named after him.

April 10, 2012Report this review