Supernatural
Review:This is the King of yesteryear. A very tight book- well conceived and very emotionally captivating. The book is divided into the three sections of very different lengths. The first section is terrific. The second section was interesting but I wasn't sure where it was going (not as riveting as Section 1). And then came the tidy little ending- the last section- which pulled all of those little loose ends together adding a poignant twist that'll bring a tear to your eye. A touch of the old su... Read more
Review:Eight-year-old Charlie McGee was born with the most destructive power a human being has ever commanded and now the government wants her for its own insane reasons. The premise is scary, the plot is as gripping as any other King novel, and the action is fast and furious as Charlie (a young girl) and her father are on the run from a government agency that has discovered their supernatural powers. But the very fact that they attack her makes Charlie so angry that she uses her power to destroy the m... Read more
Review:I just finished reading "Blaze" by Stephen King (AKA Richard Bachman), my favorite author of all time, the Master of Macabre and all other genres he chooses to tackle. Needless to say, I loved this book.
Blaze is a guy screwed from birth. After his father throws him repeatedly down a flight of stairs, young Blaze ends up in a state ran boy's home. He grows into his hulking physique, his forehead permanently dented from the stairs incident, and loses everyone he loves before reaching ad... Read more
Review:The book had ink on the edge of the pages, the cover was wrinkled and finally there was a tag marked used on the cover that won't come off. I either leave the tag on or peel it off and damage the cover. Other than these 3 items the rest of the book seems fine. Read more
Review:Cujo is a very lrge, very sick dog. Cujo has rabies, Cujo is a monster. Cujo has a lady and her daughter has a lady and her daughter trapped inside a car that won't run."Cujo is a great read. The novel presents a depiction of terror in a very realistic setting. Of all of Kings novels, I think Cujo presents the most immediate sense of terror in a realistic setting.
When you read this great little novel you will come to fear "Cujo" as much as the woman and her daughter trapped in their ... Read more
Review:Once upon a time I *read* the Talisman and it was an 'ok' Stephen King book. Then I listened to the Talisman....and that is a very different thing indeed. I consider myself a Stephen King fan. Several times I've re-read particular books and not all of his work came easy, I struggled to reconcile the Gunslinger with his books I'd read earlier. If literary fiction is written storytelling perhaps audio books should be the true measure of a work's worth. The very kindest thing I can honestly say... Read more
Review:I would describe this story as okay, however it does have a bit of dullness to it. For example,
(SPOILER!!)
when the main character goes searching for the Gypsies, the story starts to drag.
After that, it did manage to re-acquire my interest, but not fully.
Not one of King’s best…that’s for sure. Read more
Review:OVERALL REVIEW:
Excellent anthology, all of the stories - many of them admirably varied in their sense of horrors - have something to recommend them. This is one of my all-time favorite story anthologies.
STANDOUT STORIES:
1.) "Jerusalem's Lot": An evil, haunted town repeatedly draws members of a cursed family into its Lovecraftian clutches over centuries. This is a loosely linked prequel to the novel 'Salem's Lot.
2.) "Graveyard Shift": A Fourth of July cleaning... Read more
Review:I can see this as one of those zany Billy Crystal movies--were it not for the fact that Billy as Gerald would croak in the first scene. Reality check--time out! It this story, Gerald and Jessie go to their cabin out in the wilderness, where Gerald decides to "enhance" their lovemaking with a mild bondage trick. He binds her wrists and ankles to the bedposts--and breaks his fool neck! Literally. The rest of the story puts Jessie in the position of a woodchuck caught in a trap. She's got a hus... Read more
Review:Though lacking some of the style and poise of later King works, Carrie is nonetheless a chilling tale from The Master. Despite being an unlikeable personality, we feel sympathy towards the protagonist, Carrie, so at the end we aren't sure whether to condemn her actions or root for her. This is strange because King recently admitted that he never liked her, and felt that she deserved the abuse she got. Seemingly, he based Carrie White on two people that he taught before he took up writing full ti... Read more