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Garrett’s
average rating for
2024
4.7
4.7
This little book is the only Lovecraft I've read outside of the short story "Herbert West: Re-animator." It was fun to get back into his twisted mind with the three short stories. It's funny: I could tell where two of the three were going, but that didn't diminish their creepy strangeness. Where Poe is a master of the macabre, Lovecraft seems to be a wizard of weird. Actually, I'd imagine that the fact that I could tell what beats were going to b
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I've only read a couple of memoirs, but so far my record is 100% quality. Sir Patrick is as charming and charismatic on the page as he is on the screen. We were supposed to be reading this in sections for our book club, but once I finished the first third, I just couldn't stop: I had to know how his early struggles led into his success on the stage, and then how that translated to his success on the screen.
The way he presents his story is so con ...more
The way he presents his story is so con ...more