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Topic	I will never get people that consider Lovecraft as a good writer.
RadiantAdolin 07/27/20 7:55:47 PM #4:	Tyranthraxus posted... Most people are just used to stories having a specific structure with a beginning middle and end. Lovecraft never really stuck to that and some of his stories shit just kinda happens and then it ends and nothing was accomplished. If you grew up reading modern prose exclusively and then went on to read Shakespeare you'd probably also come to the conclusion that it was barely intelligible garbage unless you took the time to understand the poetic restrictions Shakespeare had to work with. Lovecraft wrote well for what he did, and racist as he was, he was a stickler for having a large and elegant vocabulary. Ehhh, the characters still suck. I can't think of a single memorable character because they're so lifeless and matter of fact. There are tons of classic authors with great characters. <cite>RadiantAdolin posted [p:942663997] in I will nev... [t:78875539]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite> <quote>Most people are just used to stories having a specific structure with a beginning middle and end. Lovecraft never really stuck to that and some of his stories shit just kinda happens and then it ends and nothing was accomplished. If you grew up reading modern prose exclusively and then went on to read Shakespeare you'd probably also come to the conclusion that it was barely intelligible garbage unless you took the time to understand the poetic restrictions Shakespeare had to work with. Lovecraft wrote well for what he did, and racist as he was, he was a stickler for having a large and elegant vocabulary.</quote>Ehhh, the characters still suck. I can't think of a single memorable character because they're so lifeless and matter of fact. There are tons of classic authors with great characters. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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