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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
dark
funny
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
dark
mysterious
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
What a collection of stories! The brilliance of eeriness this book upholds is amazing- where seemingly regular settings slowly spiral out of control. Makes one overly curious as to what this play might be like - 'The King in Yellow', a fictional piece referred to in many of the stories, one which possess this peculiar quality of driving anyone mad upon reading it's second act.
Upon finishing the book and wishing to know more about it, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this book had inspired popular writers like Lovecraft and that shows like 'True Detective' has multiple references to certain aspects of the supernatural borrowed from here. Would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a classic crazy read!
Upon finishing the book and wishing to know more about it, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this book had inspired popular writers like Lovecraft and that shows like 'True Detective' has multiple references to certain aspects of the supernatural borrowed from here. Would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a classic crazy read!
dark
emotional
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Starts strong and the first parts slowly add up, but then plot absolutely disappears and just becomes a disparate anthology
6.2/10
6.2/10
mysterious
slow-paced
the first 4 or 5 stories here are beautiful terror, smartly threaded. the rest are pretty boring... unfortunately.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character