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The Horror at Red Hook

By: H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: Jim Donaldson
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Summary

Lovecraft’s gothic horror masterpiece. During an investigation in Red Hook, Detective Thomas F. Malone, and discovers horrors that he never imagined. A horror classic.

Public Domain (P)2013 Trout Lake Media

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Hmm... Not for the diversity sensitive

What did you like best about The Horror at Red Hook? What did you like least?

Nice creepy short story from HPL

If you’ve listened to books by H. P. Lovecraft before, how does this one compare?

I prefer the Cthulu myths ones

Did Jim Donaldson do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

He's got a good voice but it's a little soporific. I liked the background sound effects.

Any additional comments?

It's a touch racist by 21st century standards!

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Not bad for 50p...

If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?

A die-hard Lovecraft fan who appreciates the dramatics of sound effects accompanying a story.

What was most disappointing about H. P. Lovecraft’s story?

The prose was hard to follow in places - I found myself listening to several parts again just to keep up with the story.

How could the performance have been better?

Though the story was read well, the sound effects in the background were distracting and amateurish.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The end section of the audio book gave some insight into Lovecraft's life and his first steps into becoming an author, which was interesting and worth listening to.

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Dated... Very Dated

While I understand that HP Lovecraft is well-renowned as a master of cosmic horror, this short story has not aged well. While the title promises a horror, Lovecraft gives a cult followed by immigrants with a clear racist agenda. Being my first Lovecraft story, I felt very underwhelmed and found myself wincing not at the supernatural evil but how dated I felt it was. It wasn't scary. It was dated and near offensive.

Three stars for the performance because the narrator offers an chilling narration which is ruined by bad audio quality and the overuse of music at the start of each chapter. It felt that the audiobook could have easily been, at most, an hour and five minutes long if they cut all the musical cues and recalling of the title (i.e. "The Horror At Red Hook... by HP Lovecraft... Chapter 3")

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Not sure!

Enjoyed the story my first time of 'listening' to H.P Lovecraft ( I have read them ) but I wasn't keen on the breaks between the chapters and the 're-reciting of the title each time I knew what I was listening to and didn't need it repeating and repeating and repeating and ........................ That being said I did enjoy the actual narration and looking forward to hearing other stories narrated by Jim Donaldson

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It's Lovecraft. It needs more to be said.

As with Lovecraft this is brilliantly penned and crafted. A master of the craft of horror. A giant of his own and deservedly so. The production is very well done and the Narration is excellent. The atmosphere is perfect.

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A superbly functional tale that left me smiling.

I wholeheartedly enjoyed this comparatively shortened storyline...but was thoroughly joyful in the sheer quality of said beautiful nomenclature...well done HP Lovecraft!

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A Must for horror and takes of the unknown fans.

Can't believe that I've never come across this author before as Poe, Stephen King and Clive Barker are authors whose works U love to read. Maybe I have come across Minecraft but not realised in all of the Pan Horrors U read in my youth. Have now purchased the collection.

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A shallow tale that chills but no more

The Horror at Red Hook is a slightly off field tale by the legendary H.P. Lovecraft that chills without exploring the raw terror of his more well known works. A non-Cthulu book, the short story slowly builds towards the creepy scares that H.P. Lovecraft fans know well.

Jim Donaldson's telling of the work is good, supported by some decent old school scary sound effects.

The book is a good listen yet Lovecraft devotees may feel this is a weak addition to the genre, lacking the depth of his other books. This is very much a book of its era, where the author explores a perspective of race which most would consider unacceptable and xenophobic.

A tale of interest for readers of traditional horror but in no way a classic.

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Terror at its best

This book kept me enthralled for a few days.Read mostly when I go to bed.being a bit of an imsomniac.I set my device to close after 30 mins of inactivity

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Loved it!

The gravely voice of the narrator really added to reading and the occasional creepy background sounds really added to the atmosphere.

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