Anniken Haga’s Reviews > The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft & 120 Bonus works by Edgar Allan Poe > Status Update

"The Dream Quest to Unknown Kadath"

This is probably the longest of Lovecraft's fictions, and is more a short novel, than a short story. It follows Carter, a man we've met multiple times before, as he tries to reach a beautiful dream city.
It's well written, if a little repetative at times, and interesting, if a bit slow.
The main plot seems to be ''no place like home''
4/5

"Through the gates of the silver key"

I think I may have been too tired to understand this story today, but it was just plain weird. A lot of philosophy, and a little story and mystery

2/5

"The Very Old Folk"

So another dream—story, but thankfully this was actually a story. Not the best — so mucj politics! — but interesting enough

3/5

"Polaris"

Another one that was just weird. I think I see on what the story is based, but mostly it seemed random to me...

2/5

"What the moon brings"

Not sure if I was just too tired to understand this, or if it was actually as weird as I think. If so, another novella about madness, and maybe drugs

2/5

"The White Ship"

Sometimes Lovecraft really plays with metaphores and symbolism, and he really pulls it of. This is one of those novellas

4/5

"The Unnameble"

I honestly don't know what this story was about. There was a lot of backstory, and much back and forth, but that was that

2/5

"The Tree"

It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. A rather fitting sentence to this story. Short and interesting as well

4/5

"The Transition of Juan Romero"

This is another of those annoying novellas in this collection. It has a lot of backstory and random stuff, then something leading to a climax, but the protagonist passes out or forgets what he sees, and then everything is almost back to normal, but nothing really happens.
I don't like these, 'cause they seem unfinished to me

2/5

"The Tomb"

I liked this one. I don't know exactly why, but I liked it.

4/5