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“Everyone loves something for nothing, even if it costs everything.”

Needful Things by Stephen King

November 21, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

When I put this on my August TBR back in May I was super sure it would be a five star read, and that is not what happened! I also didn’t anticipate buddy reading any book any time soon, let alone completing a 690 page book over a weekend (my version has smaller font, some of the editions are 800-900 pages). But Paula convinced me (here’s her review), and we had a good time! This is not one of my favorite SK books. I don’t […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: castle rock, horror, narfna, Needful Things, Stephen King

narfna's CBR15 Review No:135 · Genres: Horror · Tags: castle rock, horror, narfna, Needful Things, Stephen King ·
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Everyone In This Book Was An Idiot

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

November 20, 2023 by RevGirlUtena 2 Comments

In October, I realized that despite having read a lot of Stephen King, I had never read his first couple of works, so I listened to the audiobooks of Carrie and Salem’s Lot. Oh, Stephen King, even in only your second book you were overly verbose and needed editing. King stated in The Forward that a lot of this book was inspired by what would happen to Dracula if he appeared suddenly in the modern world. He had taught Dracula in a couple of semesters […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

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On Writing

On Writing by Stephen King

November 10, 2023 by jmsudar Leave a Comment

I try to read On Writing at least once a year. It inspires me, it reminds me of why I enjoy writing as a hobby, and yes, because I’m a vain little person, I see parallels in the way Stephen King feels about writing to the way I feel about writing. On Writing is Stephen King’s attempt at a writing how-to. He begins with some delicious autobiography, talking about trouble he and his brother got into, making it clear how much his mother struggled to […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Stephen King

jmsudar's CBR15 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·
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Matter of Fact, It’s All Dark

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

November 5, 2023 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

This is a collection of four shorter works, three of them novella length and one short story. While they are unconnected, they each feature people in extreme and trying circumstances. King is pushing his characters to see how far they’ll go, and exploring their capacity for evil. 1922 focuses on a farmer whose wife wants to sell the land she’s inherited and move into the city, while her husband would rather expand the family farm. When his wife refuses to reconsider, the farmer convinces his […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR15 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·
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I May Not Know Art, But I Know I Didn’t Like This Book

Duma Key by Stephen King

October 20, 2023 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Edgar Freemantle is living the American Dream with a successful business, a great marriage and two lovely daughters, until an accident at a building site nearly kills him. Left without his right arm and prone to disturbing outbursts of anger, Edgar decamps for the Florida Keys after his wife, fearing for her safety, asks for a divorce. On the titular Duma Key, Edgar takes up a long-dormant interest in art, first with drawings and later paintings. His mood stabilized and his pain under control, he […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR15 Review No:45 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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Horror Month 2023: #2

Holly by Stephen King

October 5, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

I suppose I should address the conversation around the book before the book itself. There’s been a lot of grousing from center/center-right/right wing King fans about how political this book is. That all the villains are painted as MAGA doofuses. These comments usually have some variety of “King was never political until now!” To which I say…have you ever read Stephen King? His early books are steeped in 70s paranoia. He wrote a book about a man trying to assassinate a presidential candidate, the latter […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: covid, holly gibney, horror, mystery, Stephen King

Jake's CBR15 Review No:144 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: covid, holly gibney, horror, mystery, Stephen King ·
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