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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The story within the story was fun, nice and short. The end gripped me most. Just what WAS this place? There wasn't much of a meaning or takeaway, but it was a fun jaunt just the same. Gruesome imagery.
“I looked up at the statue of Harriet White and there she stood, looking stonily away toward the Garden across the way, as if nothing of any particular note had happened, as if such determination in a world as hard and senseless as this one meant nothing… or worse still, that it perhaps was the only thing that meant anything, the only thing that made any difference at all.”
I’ve read Stephen King’s horror work before, and maybe it didn’t stick because I was younger and his books were so much longer and mature than the stories I was naturally drawn to at that age. But I think it’s about time I revisit novels like The Shining or Mr. Mercedes because The Breathing Method had me entranced, completely enveloped into the story and not wasting my attention for a spare second.
I naturally want to draw comparisons to stuff like Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk or Eyes Wide Shut due to the subtle use of magical realism (or just an unexplainable act of God?) and exclusive clubs serving as a front for humanity to explore its innate darkness and affinity for what we deem shameful and immoral, but this feels less twisted and dark than that. It’s not some sick pleasure being derived from the dark subject matter; rather, our characters know that in some way, they want to make meaning of the twisted things they’ve experienced. Deriving meaning from our actions, and life at a grander scale, through our own intentions, creating these definitions ourselves. Doesn’t get any more existential than that.
I’ve read Stephen King’s horror work before, and maybe it didn’t stick because I was younger and his books were so much longer and mature than the stories I was naturally drawn to at that age. But I think it’s about time I revisit novels like The Shining or Mr. Mercedes because The Breathing Method had me entranced, completely enveloped into the story and not wasting my attention for a spare second.
I naturally want to draw comparisons to stuff like Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk or Eyes Wide Shut due to the subtle use of magical realism (or just an unexplainable act of God?) and exclusive clubs serving as a front for humanity to explore its innate darkness and affinity for what we deem shameful and immoral, but this feels less twisted and dark than that. It’s not some sick pleasure being derived from the dark subject matter; rather, our characters know that in some way, they want to make meaning of the twisted things they’ve experienced. Deriving meaning from our actions, and life at a grander scale, through our own intentions, creating these definitions ourselves. Doesn’t get any more existential than that.
ماجرای چاپ کتاب فصول گوناگون کینگ جالب بوده. کینگ چندتا داستان معمولی (غیر ترسناک) داشته که نه خیلی بلند بودند و نه خیلی کوتاه، به همین خاطر برای چاپ جدا جدای اونها یه جورایی به مشکل خورده بوده. بعد به ناشرش گفته داستانها رو میذاریم کنار هم و چاپش میکنیم، ولی از اونجایی که ناشرش عاشق داستانهای ترسناکش شده بوده ابتدا نسبت به پیشنهاد کینگ روی خوش نشون نداده و به کینگ گیر داده و گفته حتی یه داستان ترسناک یا شبه ترسناک بینشون نیست؟
کینگ هم به این داستان فکر کرده و گفته حالا یه کاریش میکنم
حالا فکر میکنید باقی داستانها چی بودند؟ رستگاری شاوشنک (بهار)، شاگرد با استعداد (تابستان) و جسد (پاییز) که اقتباس سینمایی شاوشنک و جسد شاهکار از کار در امدن و شاگرد بااستعداد هم اقتباس قابل قبولی داشته و فقط همین داستان شیوه‌ی تنفس توی این سالها سرش بی کلاه موند :))
ولی این به معنی بد بودن این داستان نیست. اتفاقا از خوندنش لذت بردم
شیوه‌ی تنفس شامل دو قسمت میشه. قسمت اول مربوط به باشگاهی هست که افراد مسن میرن اونجا و مشروبی میخورن و گپی میزنن و برای هم داستان تعریف میکنن. هرساله هم پنجشنبه‌ی قبل از کریسمس یکی از اعضا یه داستان متفاوت و عجیب تعریف میکرده
قسمت دوم هم مربوط به داستانیه که یکی از اعضای باشگاه توی پنجشنبه‌ی قبل از کریسمس میگه
ماجرای زنی که به طور نامشروع باردار شده بوده و میخواسته بچه‌اش رو نگه داره و دکترش داستان این زن و زایمانش رو تعریف میکنه
به شخصه تا حالا داستانی در مورد زایمان نخونده بودم و خوندشو پیشنهاد میدم. مطمئن باشید داستان کینگ داستان یه زایمان عادی نیست
کینگ هم به این داستان فکر کرده و گفته حالا یه کاریش میکنم
حالا فکر میکنید باقی داستانها چی بودند؟ رستگاری شاوشنک (بهار)، شاگرد با استعداد (تابستان) و جسد (پاییز) که اقتباس سینمایی شاوشنک و جسد شاهکار از کار در امدن و شاگرد بااستعداد هم اقتباس قابل قبولی داشته و فقط همین داستان شیوه‌ی تنفس توی این سالها سرش بی کلاه موند :))
ولی این به معنی بد بودن این داستان نیست. اتفاقا از خوندنش لذت بردم
شیوه‌ی تنفس شامل دو قسمت میشه. قسمت اول مربوط به باشگاهی هست که افراد مسن میرن اونجا و مشروبی میخورن و گپی میزنن و برای هم داستان تعریف میکنن. هرساله هم پنجشنبه‌ی قبل از کریسمس یکی از اعضا یه داستان متفاوت و عجیب تعریف میکرده
قسمت دوم هم مربوط به داستانیه که یکی از اعضای باشگاه توی پنجشنبه‌ی قبل از کریسمس میگه
ماجرای زنی که به طور نامشروع باردار شده بوده و میخواسته بچه‌اش رو نگه داره و دکترش داستان این زن و زایمانش رو تعریف میکنه
به شخصه تا حالا داستانی در مورد زایمان نخونده بودم و خوندشو پیشنهاد میدم. مطمئن باشید داستان کینگ داستان یه زایمان عادی نیست
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A short little ghost story about ghost stories; the world and characters feel like they existed before and after the scope of the story which made it feel real.
Weird, horrific. I almost feel like the story-within-a-story isn't 100% necessary. The framework was good but hardly as compelling as the actual Breathing Method story.
There are questions left unanswered and it's frustrating but I liked the story. It really scared me that I had to sleep with the lights on. And thank you, Sir Stephen King, for taking my fear of pregnancy to a whole new level, haha.