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debbiecollectsbooks's review
5.0
I really loved this story. I listened to this on audio book and the narrator was wonderful. Short story. Would be a fast read and a fast listen. Funny at certain points of the story.
tricapra's review
3.0
Cool. I'm not sure if I would've picked it up had I known how baseball heavy it was.
jennysides's review
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aspygirlsmom_1995's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
duparker's review
3.0
Pretty simple, enjoyable story. I found it a little predictable but the baseball callbacks were enjoyable and it's always fun to read a Stephen King story that's designed to be highly digestible and easily relatable.
lanternatomika's review
3.0
They say that Hell is other people, and Dean Evers learns this the hard way when he starts to notice dead people from his past haunting him from the audience of his baseball games. And that's pretty much it for this story, anyway
Stephen King has written a bit about old age in the past couple of years, the way your life becomes a dull slog (though King himself has quite an interesting life even now) and the way your old choices and mistakes haunt you forever. All this is merged with the love of baseball that King shares with Stewart O'Nan, who joined King in writing up a commentary of the 2004 baseball season that I will definitely (not) get around to reading
A Face in the Crowd charts familiar territory for the master of horror, and these themes were better presented in those stories. Add to that all this baseball stuff that genuinely makes my eyes glaze over, and A Face in the Crowd is really best for the ultra completionists of Stephen King
Stephen King has written a bit about old age in the past couple of years, the way your life becomes a dull slog (though King himself has quite an interesting life even now) and the way your old choices and mistakes haunt you forever. All this is merged with the love of baseball that King shares with Stewart O'Nan, who joined King in writing up a commentary of the 2004 baseball season that I will definitely (not) get around to reading
A Face in the Crowd charts familiar territory for the master of horror, and these themes were better presented in those stories. Add to that all this baseball stuff that genuinely makes my eyes glaze over, and A Face in the Crowd is really best for the ultra completionists of Stephen King
stevem0214's review
5.0
The best short story I've read in years! Just a great story!! I wish it lasted longer!! I hope there's may be a novel on the way with this as the basis.
sky353's review against another edition
3.0
War okay, schade das man am Ende keine genaue Erklärung bekommen hat aber soll man selbst interpretieren ig