1.47k reviews for:

The king in yellow

Robert W. Chambers

3.43 AVERAGE

roachmonk's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookishlyeccentric's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cyanide_latte's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Fascinating. This one's going to require more introspection and re-read but I can already tell it's going to stick with me and I'm going to find myself mulling over it later on.

jessica_gaddis's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thomasindc's review against another edition

3.0

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Essentially a late 19th century creepypasta with Lovecraftian tones (aren’t all of them? and in this case, I think, predating Lovecraft’s work). Creepy, but not really scary. It’s the sort of book that is creepy because you wonder if there’s any truth to it, the sort of book that makes you want to open up wikipedia and go down a rabbit hole. I think the creepy factor of those books was significantly more back before there were things like the Lovecraft wiki.

itz_guntz's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

junancollins's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ceocampo's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dominerdy's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

westernskynaida's review against another edition

3.5

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So I’m marking this as read because the first 4 stories was really what I was wanting out of this. I stopped before the other 6 stories (so yay, I finished one of the many books I’m reading)

Honestly, for short references to the mysterious play, I really enjoyed it. It honestly didn’t feel like it was published in 1895 - which I’ll be honest and say I haven’t read a book from that timeframe (or earlier since middle school)

Out of the 4 stories, I liked “The Mask” the most

Maybe I’ll pick up the other 6 stories in the future but to see where Lovecraft got his inspiration for his own cosmic horror, it’s definitely a nice quick read

If I had to rate the first 4 stories, this would be my ratings for them

• The Repairer of Reputations: 3
• The Mask: 4
• The Court of the Dragon: 3.25
• The Yellow Sign: 3.75