Review; At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition's uncanny discoveries --and their encounter with an untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization--is a milestone of macabre literature.
My Thoughts on the Book
For me, it was an okay read, but nothing more than that. Fair enough, it does have a bit of an atmosphere, especially as the narrator is part of an expedition to Antarctica, and there's lots of descriptions and observations because of that. Some might find it a bit dry because of that, but in a way, it makes it a bit more fun for me, as the narrator has the "scientific goggles" on.
I've honestly read books that's way scarier than At the Mountains of Madness, but if you're in search for a slightly spooky read that's chilling in more ways than one this winter, feel free to pick it up.
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