Dark Ripple: When Lovecraft Met Crowley

By: Brian Barr

Narrated by: Rick Gregory

H.P. Lovecraft is a starving, skeptical American writer of the weird and horrific, struggling to make ends meet in Connecticut.

Aleister Crowley is a famous British occultist focused on running his own magic organization, the O.T.O.

Though Crowley and Lovecraft's lives differ to a high degree, neither man is aware of the fate they share.

They’ll soon find out, in Dark Ripple.

©2017 Brian Barr (P)2018 Brian Barr

ummm....

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I honestly am at a loss for what to say about this book. It is very odd. It reads kind of like a biography, but not... The narration was good. It was really short, just under an hour, and I finished it in one sitting. That being said, I felt like I didn't see the point.

All hail the great Cthulu

To say this book is weird or odd is putting it mildly. It is a very strange tale of Crowley and HP Lovecraft meeting after death to a celestial being and bringing forth the new dark age. I think you will either like it or kind of be confused by it. Its short and entertaining specially if you're into HP or Crowley. Rick Gregory narration was a nice touch but could've used more emphasis on accents. Overall it's a good short tale. I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

Huh..Scratching my head right now. 🤔

It took me a minute to figure out this odd story. A dark journey in the visionary mind of Lovecraft mixed with the dark supernatural practitioner Crawley isn't crazy enough. Add strange Indian, evil spirits and a quest for enlightenment and you've found your book. This story nearly drove me crazy trying to sort the reality, internal madness, and spiritual chaos going on in this book. I requested this book "not realizing exactly what I was getting into" in exchange for my honest review. Honestly, I felt the narration was the best part. I'm sure some of you will love it, but for me these characters were too all over the place. Maybe creating all that chaos was the point? I guess I missed it!

Only for absolute fans of Lovecraft

These are the ramblings and arguments of Lovecraft, Crowley, and an ancient Indian. It was a weird book, but an interesting experiment non the less.

Only for absolute fans of Lovecraft.

Rick Gregory’s narration complemented well this tale, bringing the three characters to life and making the story flow.

I received a copy of this book in audio format from the narrator in exchange for an honest review.

Fearfully awaiting October 21, 2057

Great bit of eldritch horror. I appreciated it more being a HP Lovecraft fan. It was a dual story over time, through the lives of HP and Crowley. The story is set in the regular world where Cthulhu is just a story to most, yet deep in the darkest corner of sunken R'lyeh he there awaits to be summoned to our world again. Well, anyways, very good short story and another addition to the mythos.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.