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cvissers's review
4.0
Didn’t see that coming. I thought the end would be the opposite. I did enjoy that this is different from King’s other works. It’s set maybe out west during the gold rush. Short story with great details that I expect to normally come from a longer read. It almost begins to grasp how life, accusations, and trials were much different in the past.
hyzie's review
I enjoyed this quite a bit. It felt a bit like a Dark Tower side story (I really need to finish that). Or perhaps I just want to think that because otherwise I just read a cowboy story and I don't quite want to admit to that. This felt very Stephen King and was a very quick read (I guess that part did not feel very Stephen King, admittedly) and definitely worth the time.
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rikkireads's review
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
megan_blackett's review
challenging
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
calistareads's review
3.0
'A Death' has no supernatural elements and it's also set in the old west. It seems it was Wyoming, but I could be wrong. Neither of those things make this a favorite of mine. I'm not so much a fan of Westerns. Still, this was a decent little story about a sheriff arresting a man.
The duration of the story, as reader, we are trying to figure out of the man was really guilty of the crime or not. The crime is horrific and then man we see at the beginning doesn't seem capable of it, he seems dim-witted and slow and rather docile.
I was surprised at the ending and I enjoyed the story. I do feel like King shines with the supernatural, it's his natural storytelling element. It is well written.
The duration of the story, as reader, we are trying to figure out of the man was really guilty of the crime or not. The crime is horrific and then man we see at the beginning doesn't seem capable of it, he seems dim-witted and slow and rather docile.
I was surprised at the ending and I enjoyed the story. I do feel like King shines with the supernatural, it's his natural storytelling element. It is well written.
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