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kaelino's review against another edition
4.0
A pretty solid selection of King short stories. King exhibits some beautiful writing here, particularly, in my opinion, with "It Grows on You" and "The Doctor's Case." With vivid imagery and description, these stories run the gamut between gory physical horror, psychological paranoia, and a bit of good humor mixed in for good measure. I've been reading a good amount of King this year (2019) and I'm really enjoying his stories.
My favorites in this collection:
Umney's Last Case
Sorry, Right Number
The Doctor's Case
Some misses:
My Pretty Pony
Head Down
My favorites in this collection:
Umney's Last Case
Sorry, Right Number
The Doctor's Case
Some misses:
My Pretty Pony
Head Down
maggotqueen666's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
lillanaa's review against another edition
5.0
I might be a bit biased in my review on this one, but this might be one of my favourite shortstory collections available. I'm rather partial to it through Dolan's Cadillac because of a familial connection to the movie, but this is a banger of a set of horror. Some veers more fantasy, some more mystery, but there's always the underlying tone that I love. Again, I'm biased, but there's a reason this lived in the bottom of my high school backpack for when things got a little too quiet. By far one of my favourites out there.
kitsuneheart's review against another edition
4.0
A mother will do whatever is best for her children. INCLUDING KILLING ZOMBIES! :D
An actual rise-from-the-grave zombie plague begins, which is bad news for almost everywhere but a small island fishing village. The graveyard is small, and most of the graves empty of sailors, so it should be pretty easy to stop the plague. But for one woman, the fight isn't so much about defeating the undead as learning to survive without her domineering husband, and with a child growing in her belly.
This is sort of one of those fantasies I have. Not so much the island, but the lone pregnant woman surviving on her wits and mettle. All the better that the theme is her discovering if she does or does not have that mettle within her. A rather uplifting zombie story.
An actual rise-from-the-grave zombie plague begins, which is bad news for almost everywhere but a small island fishing village. The graveyard is small, and most of the graves empty of sailors, so it should be pretty easy to stop the plague. But for one woman, the fight isn't so much about defeating the undead as learning to survive without her domineering husband, and with a child growing in her belly.
This is sort of one of those fantasies I have. Not so much the island, but the lone pregnant woman surviving on her wits and mettle. All the better that the theme is her discovering if she does or does not have that mettle within her. A rather uplifting zombie story.
alexandrabree's review against another edition
3.0
I was on one extreme or the other with this novel. I loved the story or I didn't care for it not much in-between.
Popsy and the Doctors Case were my two favourites. Second short story collection I have finished in the past little bit.
Popsy and the Doctors Case were my two favourites. Second short story collection I have finished in the past little bit.
alexisrt's review against another edition
Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King (1997)
randybaggins's review against another edition
5.0
Although 'Night Shift' would have to be my favorite collection, 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes' follows closely behind and collects some perfectly plotted short thrillers and chillers. Some prominent stories which I consider the best would be, 'Suffer the little children', 'Chattery teeth', 'Popsy', 'Rainy season', 'ten 'o clock people' and 'Crouch end'.
kresz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
kobegold's review against another edition
Not a bad book! It’s just I’d pick it up and forget what’s going on because of the short stories and I wouldn’t know if I’d have time to read an entire story in one sitting
sirts's review against another edition
3.0
Some stories I would have gladly skipped, but again some stories were pure gold :P