Olivia Manke’s Reviews > The King in Yellow > Status Update

It must have felt nice to write the intro, considering that it's basically a character giving the author a big pat on the back lmao.

"It could not be judged by any known standard, yet, although it was acknowledged that the supreme note of art had been struck in The King in Yellow, all felt that human nature could not bear the strain, nor thrive on words in which the essence of purest poison lurked."