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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t know why this book doesn’t get better reviews. There’s something special about FaB8 that is special, the only other King book that I can think of that gives the same type of satisfaction like this is his book Revival (another book that I think is very underrates).
Buick is not about a car at all, though if you glanced at the cover you’d think it’s supposed to be a Christine knockoff. Buick is about trying to describe the unknowable. It’s a story that is supposed to be hard to picture because that’s the whole point. “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction can never really bring it back...”
Kurt says in the book, “It was the horror of trespass.” I love that because there’s something profoundly unsettling and hateful about the terrible things we encounter. Like a spider coming out of a shower drain we recoil and just kill it because it’s too horrible and alarming to be in such a place that it can not belong, never mind the fact that the spider simply was trying to escape the dark of a drain. We hate the horrible things that just don’t belong.
I don’t think there’s a lesson in any of that but I think this book speaks to some base instinctual truth in people.
I’d recommend FaB8 to anyone, it’s that good. Maybe his best book in some ways. I read this when I was in high school and thought it was great and I somehow appreciate it even more now 10 years later. Not all of King’s are winners in fact maybe most of them are below average but occasionally he writes above himself and I think Buick is one of those.
Buick is not about a car at all, though if you glanced at the cover you’d think it’s supposed to be a Christine knockoff. Buick is about trying to describe the unknowable. It’s a story that is supposed to be hard to picture because that’s the whole point. “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction can never really bring it back...”
Kurt says in the book, “It was the horror of trespass.” I love that because there’s something profoundly unsettling and hateful about the terrible things we encounter. Like a spider coming out of a shower drain we recoil and just kill it because it’s too horrible and alarming to be in such a place that it can not belong, never mind the fact that the spider simply was trying to escape the dark of a drain. We hate the horrible things that just don’t belong.
I don’t think there’s a lesson in any of that but I think this book speaks to some base instinctual truth in people.
I’d recommend FaB8 to anyone, it’s that good. Maybe his best book in some ways. I read this when I was in high school and thought it was great and I somehow appreciate it even more now 10 years later. Not all of King’s are winners in fact maybe most of them are below average but occasionally he writes above himself and I think Buick is one of those.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
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:
No
Another Stephen King book down, and I really dug this one. It was simple and creepy…and sometimes that is all it takes. But what really struck me is the camaraderie built across this cast of characters as they vow to guard and observe the otherworldly Buick in the shed behind the precinct. Because of this, when it really does hit the fan, I really worried about their well-being. Not a common feeling in horror novels. There is still a lingering dread in the back of my mind with this one, which is why I know this was a great book!
3.5 stars. A short book that kept me glued to the page. Not King's best, but pretty good.
Honestly, that was pretty good. There was a mystery, there was father/son surrogate fathers/son drama, male bonding etc. Some death, some unexplained things happening, a decent ending.
I listened to it in two days while prepping yarn and knitting a shawl.
I listened to it in two days while prepping yarn and knitting a shawl.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Det här är min första bok jag läst av Stephen King och för att vara ärlig trodde jag aldrig att jag skulle läsa någon av hans böcker. Och om jag hade trott det så hade jag definitivt räknat med att jag skulle ha läst Djurkyrkogården eller Den Gröna Milen. Den här hade jag aldrig ens hört talas som innan jag såg den på Second Hand affären i Umeå. Men jag blev lockad av den absurt snygga fram- och baksidan (och en viss booktuber Daniel Greenes ständiga ovationer om King) så Om en Buick 8 blev det.
Jag vet inte riktigt vad jag hade väntat mig men vad jag fick var en sjukt spännande och fascinerande bok om en väldigt obehaglig tingest där det fanns absolut noll svar att få. På ett sätt är det frustrerande att jag inte vet mer nu när boken är slut men samtidigt så gillar jag det. Det känns som att det passande in i hela bokens känsla, att det faktiskt inte finns svar på allt här i livet. Jag blir också sjukt frestad att typ sluka allt av King eftersom jag hört att alla hans böcker hänger ihop på vaga vis. Så det kanske finns ledtrådar att gräva upp någonstans? Jag betvivlar att det kommer hända men jag vill definitivt läsa mer av Stephen King.
Så även om klockan är efter läggdags måste jag lägga mig och googla teorier kring denna bok. För jag vill/måste få veta mer.
Jag vet inte riktigt vad jag hade väntat mig men vad jag fick var en sjukt spännande och fascinerande bok om en väldigt obehaglig tingest där det fanns absolut noll svar att få. På ett sätt är det frustrerande att jag inte vet mer nu när boken är slut men samtidigt så gillar jag det. Det känns som att det passande in i hela bokens känsla, att det faktiskt inte finns svar på allt här i livet. Jag blir också sjukt frestad att typ sluka allt av King eftersom jag hört att alla hans böcker hänger ihop på vaga vis. Så det kanske finns ledtrådar att gräva upp någonstans? Jag betvivlar att det kommer hända men jag vill definitivt läsa mer av Stephen King.
Så även om klockan är efter läggdags måste jag lägga mig och googla teorier kring denna bok. För jag vill/måste få veta mer.