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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Robert W. Chambers in a way served as the link between Poe and Lovecraft, but his seminal 1895 collection The King in Yellow has been mostly forgotten in the public memory and certainly has been overshadowed by those titans, but it remains a vital link in the development of American horror and fantasy. I.N.J. Culbard does a great job adapting the first bit of this book into comics form (and a glance at the original book shows that the adaptation is indeed quite faithful). He conveys the creepiness and oddity of the source material adeptly, with the storytelling only turning murky precisely where it should, where the reader indeed shouldn’t know exactly what’s going on. The greatest test of this adaptation comes in the final part, an adaptation of a short moody interior piece, which in the original book relies heavily on the portentous narration, which is excised here in favor of silent panel-to-panel storytelling. I can’t say that it entirely succeeds, but it does achieve something to admire on its own. Culbard’s ambition in adapting this material shows his mastery of graphic storytelling. It’s a treat to read and experience it.
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read the first halv with the more horror themed onces and really liked it! his style was quite nice and it was more time that made me put it down before finishing, only coming in the first place for the first halv of the novel it got a bit hard to convince myself to finish it anytime recent
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
slow-paced
cant fucking believe i read this entirely bc of signalis but anyways, the book got me hooked in the beginning and even though it started to lose me a bit with the last few stories i still enjoyed how the stories were still connected and how the king in yellow is still sorta there in a way if you analyse it a lot
O livro é interessante, mas é preciso ter bastante paciência para analisar o significado de cada conto. Confesso que foi bastante cansativo para mim. É importante ressaltar que li por conta própria, só por diversão, sem que tivesse nenhum guia ou estudo a fazer.
A primeira parte é composta por 4 contos, que tratam de um livro/peça chamado "O Rei de Amarelo", conhecida por causar efeitos traumáticos e enlouquecer as pessoas. Todas as personagens tem muito medo de terem qualquer contato com a história. Esse início é que caracteriza a parte assustadora da obra. Em seguida, temos alguns poemas em prosa que marcam a metade, preparando o leitor para a segunda parte. Daí por diante, aquele enredo da peça é abandonado e o foco é um tanto mais romântico e social.
A primeira parte é composta por 4 contos, que tratam de um livro/peça chamado "O Rei de Amarelo", conhecida por causar efeitos traumáticos e enlouquecer as pessoas. Todas as personagens tem muito medo de terem qualquer contato com a história. Esse início é que caracteriza a parte assustadora da obra. Em seguida, temos alguns poemas em prosa que marcam a metade, preparando o leitor para a segunda parte. Daí por diante, aquele enredo da peça é abandonado e o foco é um tanto mais romântico e social.