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I read this because I learned in the acknowledgments of The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher that it inspired her book, and I felt like my reading would be incomplete without the source material. It‘s fascinating that this story was so popular—and a favorite of Lovecraft‘s, given it‘s not an easy read or a well-structured one. Pedantic, moralistic, and misogynistic—but “The Green Book” section is alluring and reminds me of a Wayward Children story.

This book has been seen as a foundation piece for supernatural literature, which makes me a tad upset I didn't like it more. It lacked any real incline to its plot and when the big moment of what was suppose to be the climax came I felt like the firecracker fizzled and never went off. I did enjoy the folklore aspect to the piece and overall didn't mind spending the time to read it. Basically it's just one big shrug.

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