darklordberto 's review for:

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

3.0

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An interesting little book of short stories. The first four connect as part of the eerie "King in yellow" mythos, all relating to that fictional play in one way or another. The King in Yellow stories are eerie and portray the characters' madness quite well, bringing the readers inside their minds. The other stories, while all well written, did not relate to the king in yellow and we're not really "horror" stories save one romantic ghost story. The others were period romance stories all set in France from the perspective of American ex patriots living in France. All well written with intriguing characters but not what I was expecting from the book and in that sense slightly disappointing.