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It also doesn't help that Lovecraft was at the tail end of an old style of writing while in many ways being a forerunner of a newer style. Makes his works kinda clunky if that makes sense, like I get the same feeling from Mark Twain for example. So the tedium probably comes from being not quite old not quite modern where it just ends up awkward, also tack on the fact he was revolutionizing suspense in a lot of ways and yeah... Not fun.
I lovve lovecraft but that’s his fault to. He was antiquated even for the time.
It’s like if I said “that thine would harketh onto me this fortnight”
Yeah my weird talking is holding me back. That’s my fault no one asked me to do that.
He was old fashioned even for his day. That was his choice.