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TeaStitchRead
TeaStitchRead rated it 8 years ago
Fills in Diverse Authors square The reason I read this book for this square is that someone on the bingo discussion boards here mentioned it and liked it. The book I originally chosen for the square was a contemporary romance, but I felt that didn't stay true to the spirit of Halloween Bingo. I ha...
Merle
Merle rated it 8 years ago
I was excited to read this collection: while my reading in general is quite diverse, my fantasy reading isn’t so much (there are far fewer options), so this book seemed like a great chance to discover new authors. Also, I love historical fantasy. But as it turned out, while most stories in the colle...
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
It’s a myth that life was easier for black people north of the Mason Dixon line during Jim Crow. Charles Thomas Tester, a con man in New York, has to watch his step whenever he leaves the boundaries of Harlem, New York. White people will give him the hairy eyeball and question him on the train. Whit...
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 9 years ago
Tommy Tester is a hustler, doing what he has to to make ends meet and support his ailing father. When he meets Robert Suydam, things will never be the same...I've always been a bigger fan of things inspired by H.P. Lovecraft than the man's actual work. It's certainly been a good few months for H.P...
Shiftyj1
Shiftyj1 rated it 9 years ago
This was my first read from Victor LaValle and I am glad that I finally picked him up. This one was written very well with good characterizations and a fast moving, engaging plot. I don’t particularly care for much of Lovecraft’s work, but there are several authors out there today, LaValle included,...
Lornographic Material
Lornographic Material rated it 9 years ago
Even before I found out Lovecraft was a humongous shitstain of a human being, I didn't like the way he wrote. His prose is a bit too antiquated for my tastes. So when I found out he hated all skin tones darker than Elmer's-glue, it didn't bother me because I already didn't like the guy. Am I dumb en...
Michael Patrick Hicks
Michael Patrick Hicks rated it 9 years ago
H.P. Lovecraft was a giant racist and all-around shitty human being, but it's utterly impossible to deny the man's tremendous influence on the modern horror genre, his ability to craft some damn fine stories, and the legacy his Cthulhu mythos has borne on many a reader and writer. There's a degree o...
Lornographic Material
Lornographic Material rated it 9 years ago
If you're only interested in my review of this book, skip to the next paragraph. To those of you who hung around, consider this me waving at you. *waves* Yes, I've been away. I'm still not back in full force, but I'm eleven reviews in the hole (all the books I read while away from the interwebs) and...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 10 years ago
hs This collection is not as good as the previous collection, though it does have slightly more international feel (several stories are translations). Despite the title, there is more than Greek mythology in play here as well. Perhaps because it is sadder, the term that Bernheimer us...
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it 11 years ago
interesting point of view of man (perhaps wrongfully) involuntarily committed to a psych ward 3 1/2 *
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