Take a photo of a barcode or cover
blrobin2 's review for:
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
I like a lot of the ideas in several of the stories, but the execution all over the place
Most notably, the world building in The Repairer of Reputations is frantic and sporadic, and so little of it seems to contribute to what the story is going for. The final street-themed stories are all fairly dull and meandering romance stories
Meanwhile, The Demoiselle D’Ys is nearly perfectly constructed. The Mask and The Yellow Sign are standout horror stories from the period
My suggestion is to read through The Prophets’ Paradise, then drop it, and you’ll have a better time than I did
Most notably, the world building in The Repairer of Reputations is frantic and sporadic, and so little of it seems to contribute to what the story is going for. The final street-themed stories are all fairly dull and meandering romance stories
Meanwhile, The Demoiselle D’Ys is nearly perfectly constructed. The Mask and The Yellow Sign are standout horror stories from the period
My suggestion is to read through The Prophets’ Paradise, then drop it, and you’ll have a better time than I did