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"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 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.

It's a good anthology book. The first and third stories are compelling, mindblowing, but the second one is ambiguous, I don't really get it.