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113 reviews for:

The Monkey

Stephen King

3.41 AVERAGE

kirstinisnt's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jessicaaaa9625's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

paradisewreck's review against another edition

3.75

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

zachsports22's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

acherontian's review against another edition

0.25

dark

I notoriously hate king’s writing. I like his ideas and I love every film adaptation of his books, but his prose is truly so awful that I can never finish anything. I challenged myself to read these meager 40 pages, which ended up being so grueling: every few pages I became so incredibly annoyed that I just had to go and do something else.

“hate” is no longer a strong enough word to describe my disdain for king’s writing. I abhor it. I would rather stick my finger in a car cigarette lighter than read his work again. I would rather antagonize a succession of wasp nests and let them enact their revenge against me for twenty four hours. I’d rather take over for prometheus and sisyphus. I’d rather broadcast my ao3 username. I would rather say candyman’s name five times in a mirror and let him split me with his rusty hook from crotch to cranium than read even one more sentence from king.

horrendous experience, although I would recommend it to my worst enemy.