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The Horror at Red Hook

By: H. P. Lovecraft
Narrated by: Jim Donaldson
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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 Action & Adventure Classics Ghosts Horror Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Haunted
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What did you like best about The Horror at Red Hook? What did you like least?

I'm not sure if I did like it. I can see how it would have been a shocking and frightening piece in its time. To me it was a bit too archaic and trying too hard to horrify and shock with too much horror all over the place the whole time.

Would you be willing to try another book from H. P. Lovecraft? Why or why not?

I probably will try. A short one. He is a great classic and I need to read him without the childishly comical background noises.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator was a bit over the top with trying to be very-very dramatic, a bit as though he was reading to children. In the last chapter about HP Lovecraft and the horror genre he even tried to give a "voice " to quotes from the writer which was completely unnecessary. The sound effects were comical and pathetic.

Was The Horror at Red Hook worth the listening time?

Well... I'm glad it was only an hour long. If it had been a regular length audiobook I would have returned it after the first few chapters mainly because of the awful noises and sound effects.

Any additional comments?

If you like lots of demonic laughter, mystical incantations and curses in Latin, ghostly writings on walls appearing and disappearing, chanting in distorted voices, gruesome faces appearing in windows at every turn, ghostly organ music, lots and lots of frantic shrieks and cries and screams, and all this in a clearly biased tone of total xenophobia, then this one is for you.

A classic with comical sound effects

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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!

Hmm... Not for the diversity sensitive

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Highly entertaining and masterfully read by Jim Donaldson. H.P. Lovecraft. Is a master of spine chilling literature. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and if you like creepy stories, listen to this one. The bonus is the history of the authors life at the end. In all, a 5 star performance.

Highly entertaining.

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

Loved it!

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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

Terror at its best

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