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The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

Start date: May 2, 2016

Finish date: April 28, 2016

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Jan 14, 2019 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: nyc, alternate-planes-and-histories, paranormal, fantasy-and-sci-fi, horror, era-early-1900s, retelling-a-classic, lovecraftian

Robert Suydam grinned. “You want to see what more there is.”

Malone nodded once, almost ashamed. “Yes, I do.”

Robert Suydam sighed. “It is the way of men like us. We must know, even if it dooms us.”

This was good, but when I finished, I wasn't sure what the point was. The scenes in Harlem were great, but the mystical stuff was maybe a little too sincere. I've not read much Lovecraft, so I am not familiar with the original Red Hook, but I think I can see all of the details that LaValle took fr ...more

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Oct 27, 2022 Shayla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I decided to round up.

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Aug 11, 2021 Loretta rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi-and-fantasy

This was good creepy captivating horror. I’ve still never read actual Lovecraft but between this and Jemisin’s take on subverting his work- I don’t need to. Much better to read this.

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