Total crap. The quality of writing, the pacing and plot structure, the endless abstruse abuse of adjectives, all complete bollocks.

Lovecraft is at his best in quotes or short passages, and so his longest story is also his worst. Almost unbearable.

Add in the repeated casual racism and misogyny... I think I'm done with this guy. Difficult to reconcile how much I used to like his stories, and how I bought into the myth.