The Ballad of Black Tom

The Ballad of Black Tom

2016 • 149 pages

Ratings118

Average rating3.8

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Read for Bookoplathon 2021 - 48 hour round

I really did enjoy this novella especially the historical and commentary elements. I didn't like the fantasy bits nearly as much, and it's because they weren't developed as much. There was a time skip that made the readers miss a lot, and I would have preferred to have seen that. This also wasn't as horrific in the traditional sense like I expected and is more a fantasy to me than horror. I'm not familiar with Lovecraft's works, so I can't attest to that, but I understood what was going on the whole time. In general, I would recommend this to people looking for people looking for a dark fantasy/horror with racial commentary!

March 20, 2021