pickLaValle is a black author and his novella is a modern take on Lovecraftian, cosmic horror. It‘s a decent reimagining which he dedicates to Lovecraft, “with all my conflicted feelings”. The sentiment is profound: for any sensible reader, Lovecraft‘s work is wildly imaginative but his jarring tone exposes some bonkers & racist attitudes. LaValle does a good job of subverting HP‘s racism and putting a black (anti)hero into the Cthulhu mythos
Readergrrl I really enjoyed this novella. LaValle is one of my favorite authors. The Changeling may be my favorite psychological/horror/mythopoeic novels ever! 10mo
The_Book_Ninja @Readergrrl oh ok…I‘ll check that one out. This was a bit short to really get a grip on how good LaValle is. 10mo
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