The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H.P. Lovecraft

"I read H.P. Lovecraft's best of book because a friend gave me a copy as a gift.

The book is a series of short stories collected throughout his short career; H.P. Lovecraft didn't write for too long of a time before he died, so there's quite a broad range of different horror stories throughout the book.

I don't read too much horror-wise; it's just usually not a genre that I'm very interested in, but after picking up this book, I'm definitely more interested in reading more horror novels. I think why this author grabs my attention is that his history of back in the early 20's, he was considered a grotesque writer and people couldn't stand the stuff that he published; and I kind of like those people that are considered the black sheep. His expansive imagination is what really fascinates me with this author.

The only thing I could say that I didn't care for with this book or was a little difficult at times is maybe some of the older terminology that we don't use today because of how our language has kind of evolved over the years. I would recommend this to anybody who's interested in reading horror novels for the first time. You can pick it up, read a couple of short stories and then put it down. I would give this book a four out of five stars."

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