The King in Yellow
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Average rating3.2
"Originally published as The King in Yellow in 1895 in New York City, New York, United States of America, by F. Tennyson Neely."
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3 released booksSteve Grayce
Steve Grayce is a 3-book series first released in 1895 with contributions by Robert W. Chambers.
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The Repairer of Reputations, The Mask and The Yellow Sign are the highlights, as well as the excerpts in the chapter headings. The rest of the stories range from okay to dull. All in all an okay short story collection. Would have rated it higher if it included only the essential Weird Fiction stories and the Prophet's Paradise.
4/5 if not for being dragged down by the horrifically boring 2nd half which contains a string of uninteresting, needlessly overwritten stories that are not memorable in the slightest. A shame because ‘The Repairer of Reputations' is a borderline masterpiece, and the other stories surrounding the Yellow King are also enrapturing.
Really enjoyed the “King in Yellow” stories. I thought these were extremely imaginative and full of suspense but I found some of the other stories disappointing.
