Reanimatrix

Reanimatrix

2016

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15

Overall, this was a pretty entertaining mix of Lovecraftian horror and pulp detective mystery. Rawlik managed to perfectly capture the aesthetics of Lovecraft's style, free of any of the baggage that the original stories contain. The opening was a bit rough - the story meanders a lot and it takes nearly the first third of the book to find its groove - but once it finds the story becomes a lot of fun.

The one real downside I would say the story has is that it's so full of obvious Easter eggs (references to not only all of Lovecraft's work, but other Victorian/gothic horror as well) that they become distractions from the work, rather than bonuses. In that regard it felt at times like a Lovecraftian version of Ready Player One.

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