A note left from his father, Montrose, and rumors of a mysterious white man and a black sedan sends Atticus and his uncle haring off after his dad. It begins with ex-soldier Atticus heading to Chicago and experiencing disturbing–but not unexpected–racist incidents on the way. Lovecraft Country –titular story is the longest, and yet it felt like it wandered too much to be a self-sufficient story. Part of it is because the ‘action’ is usually equally distributed between the race conflicts and the Lovecraftian/otherworldly ones. Still, despite expecting shorts, something about most of them felt more fragmented and less complete than I wanted. Which is, after all, no doubt what Ruff intended: just like in the zombie apocalypse, it’s always the other people that are the most dangerous. I think I 100% felt more anxious and concerned about the race-based conflicts than any supernatural ones. There’s an interesting blend of Lovecraft and race awareness that sort of works, but sort of doesn’t. I had heard this was a collection of short stories, so I went into it with fair expectations, I think. Read December, 2021 Recommended for the Lovecraft-curious ★ ★ ★ 1/2
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