Status Updates From Tales of Mystery and Terror...

„MS found in a bottle“ was ok. I liked the Flying Dutchman. I generally like ships.

„The Oval Portrait“ was fantastic again!!!!

„The Fall of the House of Usher“ was fantastic!!!

“The Sphinx” was actually very funny.

Im 19. Jahrhundert war vermutlich jede Krankheit komplett gruselig

Wer ist Pedro

Ich persönlich hätte mir eine längere Beschreibung des Hauses gewünscht

"William Wilson"

Pretty interesting concept. The idea of being haunted by someone who's basically your own reflection, constantly trying to stop you from doing bad things, makes for an intriguing psychological story. I like the whole concept of fighting against a version of yourself that you just can't seem to escape.

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

Boring. The whole story revolves around the protagonist trying to escape different death traps, but the tension gets repetitive after a while.

"The Black Cat"

anjirr, psychopathhh 😭 I like this one. We get to experience something genuinely disturbing, but the narrator tells the whole thing as if what he's doing is completely normal. That contrast makes it even more unsettling.

"The Masque of the Red Death" and "Some Words with a Mummy".

Pretty cool concepts. One's about trying to escape death, while the other brings an ancient mummy back to life to question how advanced modern civilization really is. Simple ideas, but pretty interesting. And I like the twist in the ending.

"The Oblong Box" is at least less boring than the previous story, but... it still feels underdeveloped. The ending's pretty predictable, and there's not much horror or suspense to it. It's just... okay, I guess.

Sejauh ini, dari semua cerita antologinya, "A Descent Into The Maelstrom" jadi cerita paling BORING. Dia yapping soal nama lokasi peta dan hal hal navigasi lainnya, meanwhile ceritanya sendiri ketutupan sama semua istilah navigasi dan nama nama pulau dan tempat yg dijabarin disitu. Plotnya sendiri ga semenarik itu dan dangkal banget.

Das mit dem Zweitbuch klappt nicht so gut, wenn man nur eins liest, Upsi.