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Carnacki, the Ghost-finder by Hodgson

Finally finished Carnacki the Ghost Finder. It was mostly filled with comfy and entertaining horror/mysteries. It certainly left enough room for speculation and the construction of its own mythos but it was flawed too. I'm curious as to how good are the Carnacki stories written by others. I'd separate the stories as such:

Great:
>The Horse of the Invisible
>The Whistling Room
>The Hog
>The Searcher of the End House

Good:
>The Gateway of the Monster
>The House Among the Laurels

Mediocre
>The Haunted Jarvee

Bad
>The Find
>The Thing Invisible (not even worth reading)

As a side note there are collections that place the Thing Invisible as the first story because August Derleth changed the original order when he reprinted the stories and added the posthumous ones. This story is NOT an appropiate representation of the rest of the collection, it lacks so many things the rest of the stories have that it's speculated by some to have been the first Carnacki written. I think this might cause some to read it and then go "this is shit" and throw away the book (which is what i did) but I invite you to power trough it and give the collection a try.