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A review by smalefowles
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo
4.0
My expectations were raised a little too high by Rampo's reputation in Japan and comparisons to Poe. The comparison is apt as this collection is a mix of horror stories and detective stories, more in an Arthur Conan Doyle idiom.
The first story in the collection ("The Human Chair") is by far the best, and it's a five out of five story. If the rest of the stories were at that level, this book would be amazing. The rest of the stories are still pretty good (especially "The Pasted Rag Picture" and "The Hell of Mirrors", and I didn't like reading them alone at night.
The first story in the collection ("The Human Chair") is by far the best, and it's a five out of five story. If the rest of the stories were at that level, this book would be amazing. The rest of the stories are still pretty good (especially "The Pasted Rag Picture" and "The Hell of Mirrors", and I didn't like reading them alone at night.