435 reviews for:

Danse Macabre

Stephen King

3.57 AVERAGE

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

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An unimaginable amount of blathering wank.

rookjupiter's review against another edition

4.0

informative lighthearted slow-paced

economydreams's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

benjaminpritchardreads's review against another edition

4.0

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This was a really fun and insightful look into horror in all media by one of the most influential kings of horror. It's really great seeing what influenced The Stand, Salem's Lot, Carrie and The Shining. Some of my favourite parts of the book was when King talks about his childhood and what got him into reading and what frightened him. If you're a King fan or just a horror fan in general I really recommend this.

jenmat1197's review

4.0

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This was a pretty good book.  It is from 1981, so I would have loved to read a more updated version from King now as the horror genre has evolved in the last 44 years.  A lot of his references are still favorites that we still enjoy in the tv/movie/film horror genre, but 44 years futher on, I wonder if his list would change.  But this book is well written and delves deep into the details on how he feels about different aspects of horror from the 50s-80s.

bexlu77's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

carolinevogt's review against another edition

3.0

informative slow-paced

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As a self-proclaimed disliker (not quite a hater) of Stephen King, I was pleasantly surprised with Danse Macabre. Who knew the dude could write non-fiction infinitely better than fiction? I sure as Hell didn't. Anyways, I'm looking forward to putting this back on my shelf and never picking it up again :)

stubobnumbers's review

4.75

funny informative reflective medium-paced

claireh5's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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Des histoires courtes et très bien écrites.
Elles étaient variées, jouant sur plusieurs thèmes différents (avec une petite touche d'horreur la plupart du temps, bien sûr). 
J'ai apprécié la majorité de ces histoires, certains m'ont moins captivé mais c'était vraiment une minorité.

brycexchapman's review against another edition

2.75

reflective medium-paced