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The Call of Cthulhu

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The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger - editor
Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Leslie S. Klinger - introduction
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Lovecraft’s most famous story of an investigation into worldwide terror—be careful what knowledge you seek!

©2024 Leslie S. Klinger (intro) (P)2024 Audible, Inc.
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The book still holds 100 years later as one of the best monster horror stories involving religion and cults to this very day.

Call of Cthulhu

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This isn’t one of my favorites, but I wanted to hear the new versions. The narrator on this is so awful, I could barely get through it. It sounded like a teen reading for class that they hate. The introduction on this was awful as well. Stick to the HP Lovecraft Historical Society for their readings and audio dramas of Lovecraft’s works. They are superb.

Complex Story, Awful Narration

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This is the one that kicked off an entire mythos that still has stories being added to it almost 100 years later. It’s classic though I wouldn’t call it Lovecraft’s best work.

The narrator was excellent. The person who did the introduction? Terrible. Couldn’t even be bothered to learn how to say “Cthulhu”.

Cosmic Horror

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Of course there can be no denying how beautifully crafted this story is. The performance was clean but seemed rushed at times. A little tension and drama might have been nice.

Classic subject

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This is an old ominous take that needs an old ominous voice. The reader was clear and capable, but I needed a more foreboding tone.

Good reader but wrong voice.

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I really loved this book, I'm just young and they used such big words that I had to go pick it up at the library to understand better. I have always wanted to read it and I still don't understand everything so I may read it again. It was honestly scary and I highly recommend it, just get the book and listen while reading, it's much easier that way.

The great ones from Bloodborne?

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See the title of my review. I want to like this book as it is considered the cornerstone of cosmic horror, that being said, I don’t think it would be scary even if it wasn’t so racially charged. I found a dent and hard to get through even with an engaging Reader.

Too racist to be scary

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