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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
A partir de una premisa simple, King logra desarrollar una historia sumamente interesante, llevándonos de la mano con el protagonista a través de su viaje físico, mental y espacial, sin embargo el final es bastante malo, muchas cosas quedan poco claras y hay cambios radicales en el comportamiento de los personajes. Si el final hubiera sido mejor hubiera alcanzado sin duda 4 estrellas sin problema, si hubiera sido muy bueno hubiera tenido 5
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thinner
By Stephen King, as Richard Bachman
Horror
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Billy Halleck is an attorney who has it all. When he hits a jaywalking old woman and faces no repercussions, he faces a curse.
The women's ancient father curses him with one word. "Thinner." Now Billy can't stop losing weight unless he finds a way to turn this curse around.
❤️ First, this book is kind of gross! But in a good way? The curses shown really are disturbing and make my skin crawl. The first 50-60% of the book really grabbed my attention and I read so quickly. I'd call this book far more plot than character based. Characters weren't very deep, but the plot kept me going!
💔 Although I rushed to finish the book wanting to know the ending, and it wasn't quite as predictable as I'd expected leading up to it, I was disappointed with the ending. I started getting bored the last third of the book and the ending fell flat.
🎀 In general, I hear the Bachman books being lower rated than King's books and for the most part I've disagreed. A couple have been pretty rough, but I'd put Thinner up there with some of King's other shorter novels.
By Stephen King, as Richard Bachman
Horror
My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Billy Halleck is an attorney who has it all. When he hits a jaywalking old woman and faces no repercussions, he faces a curse.
The women's ancient father curses him with one word. "Thinner." Now Billy can't stop losing weight unless he finds a way to turn this curse around.
❤️ First, this book is kind of gross! But in a good way? The curses shown really are disturbing and make my skin crawl. The first 50-60% of the book really grabbed my attention and I read so quickly. I'd call this book far more plot than character based. Characters weren't very deep, but the plot kept me going!
💔 Although I rushed to finish the book wanting to know the ending, and it wasn't quite as predictable as I'd expected leading up to it, I was disappointed with the ending. I started getting bored the last third of the book and the ending fell flat.
🎀 In general, I hear the Bachman books being lower rated than King's books and for the most part I've disagreed. A couple have been pretty rough, but I'd put Thinner up there with some of King's other shorter novels.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Es un buen libro. Se nota las diferencias con libros más nuevos de Stephen. Creo que el final fue algo que no me esperaba y estuvo bien
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Lots of good ideas here bogged down by some strange narrative shortcuts. Still, must read for fans of pulp horror, very solid ending.
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
It didn't age well.
I've never read a Stephen King (or Richard Bachman, for that matter) novel before. And I must say that my first one was more then disappointing. I hear great things about how scary Stephen King's novels are but the only thing this novel did for me is make me scared to eat pie. And I was also surprised to find some missing quotes (") and misspelled words.
The writing didn't keep my attention at all. I found myself having to re-read pages because I was thinking about something else. I was shocked to find myself feeling sad for Billy, the main character, but don't know why. I didn't like his character and the only sympathy I felt for him was when he would binge eat, it made me really sad to read that. And yet, when he was frail and basically a stick, I found myself feeling a little sorry for him. I didn't like the gypsy's at all and never really have in life.
The most exciting part of the novel was the last 3 pages but unfortunately, I guessed exactly how this novel would end. I could figure it out from one hundred pages away. I'm still a little confused on how that's going to distribute but I really don't want to hurt my head thinking about it. I'm surprised I made it to the end because I felt like DNFing at least every 50 pages I didn't think I'd make it. The writing may be compelling for some, but for me, I was bored.
I do want to read another Stephen King but I think I'll go with one of his popular novels, like The Shining, or It.
The writing didn't keep my attention at all. I found myself having to re-read pages because I was thinking about something else. I was shocked to find myself feeling sad for Billy, the main character, but don't know why. I didn't like his character and the only sympathy I felt for him was when he would binge eat, it made me really sad to read that. And yet, when he was frail and basically a stick, I found myself feeling a little sorry for him. I didn't like the gypsy's at all and never really have in life.
The most exciting part of the novel was the last 3 pages but unfortunately, I guessed exactly how this novel would end. I could figure it out from one hundred pages away. I'm still a little confused on how that's going to distribute but I really don't want to hurt my head thinking about it. I'm surprised I made it to the end because I felt like DNFing at least every 50 pages I didn't think I'd make it. The writing may be compelling for some, but for me, I was bored.
I do want to read another Stephen King but I think I'll go with one of his popular novels, like The Shining, or It.