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gtomos 's review for:

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
4.0

The first two in particular were excellent. The final two felt a little redundant, though still very entertaining. Thwarted love always makes for a great accompaniment to creeping horror. And sociologically it's interesting to think about how conspiracies etc. weaving their way into fiction like this is maybe a reflection of entry into mass society (like in the Dr. Mabuse films but also Kafka in a more bureaucratic way).

Maybe the most unexpected element was the strange bit of world building in the first story ('The Repairer of Reputations') about the state building suicide chambers - a very weird and interesting touch which barely features in the plot.