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jacqueshol's review against another edition
3.0
This book was vintage Stephen King, but a bit short. I finished it in just over an hour. Another clever concept that would have been a great horror story if it was fleshed out into a decent novel.
caden_brown10's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
birgits_bookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
gut geschrieben - stephen king eben - aber die story konnte mich nicht überzeugen
hmbb99's review against another edition
Stephen King has done it again. He made a mundane rest stop turn into a horrific experience for two little kids. A good short read for constant readers.
mkmorgan14's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderful. A great short read, though I must say I will never look at an exit ramp them same.
adbond's review against another edition
4.0
Mile 81 was a solid "meh," but The Dune, which was included in this as well, was tremendous. Just an all-time classic scary story.
nosfredatu's review against another edition
3.0
Lecture agréable. Les personnages sont merveilleusement caractérisés. Cependant, certains éléments concernant l'automobile monstrueuse m'ont laissé un peu incrédule.
Entertaining read. Characters are vivid, but some decriptions of the monstrous car didn't ring true.
Entertaining read. Characters are vivid, but some decriptions of the monstrous car didn't ring true.
garagehymns's review against another edition
1.0
i completely disagree on all points people make about how well king writes children. i don’t think he’s ever even met a human child, based on how this reads. this book features a kid going to an abandoned rest stop to impress older boys. older boys who are not there that he will give his thrilling story to later. the story of how he got drunk on 3 sips of shitty vodka and took a nap on a cumstained mattress while a car ate people outside. jesus.
90% of this book is describing the people who decide to approach this station wagon and how they get eaten by it. boringly.
1 shaved pussy out of 10 shaved pussies.
the book i got also had a story tacked on that sounds like he was just shrugging and point at stuff ‘uhhh that…Sand dune! over there, what if someone took uhh…..this stick! this stick and wrote…names! wrote names in it and then those people died and nobody knew why wooo spooky wooo’. boring boring terrible boring.
90% of this book is describing the people who decide to approach this station wagon and how they get eaten by it. boringly.
1 shaved pussy out of 10 shaved pussies.
the book i got also had a story tacked on that sounds like he was just shrugging and point at stuff ‘uhhh that…Sand dune! over there, what if someone took uhh…..this stick! this stick and wrote…names! wrote names in it and then those people died and nobody knew why wooo spooky wooo’. boring boring terrible boring.
mxsallybend's review against another edition
4.0
I have to say, right off the bat, that I'm a huge fan of King's earliest collections. He's become a stronger, more mature, more self-aware writer over the years, and his themes have definitely shifted, but I still love the gore-splattered, b-movie fun of Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. Often pointless exercises in horror, with no redeeming message or even a happy ending, they were the stories that first made me a fan.
While Fair Extension, the third entry in [b:Full Dark, No Stars|7912007|Full Dark, No Stars|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RbrMvPQrL._SL75_.jpg|11067830], was a welcome reminder of classic King, his stand-alone digital short, Mile 81, could very well be a 'lost' story from those early collections. It's creepy and bizarre, with a monster that is never explained or justified, and an ending that's neither happy nor tidy. It's a story that gleefully wallows in its impossible gore, pushing one victim after another into harm's way, until you can't help but laugh (guiltily, of course) at the absurdity of it all.
I don't want to say much about the plot itself, because it's a short story with a slight (but nicely handled) pay-off, so instead I'll share you with one of my favourite lines:
He could feel something, oh dead God and dear Jesus, something like teeth. They were chewing. The car was eating his hand.
Yes, it's a car, and yes, it's eating his hand. What's more, it doesn't stop with his hand - it doesn't even stop with him! This is one hungry, nondescript, mud-splattered, oddly parked station wagon from Hell . . . or, perhaps, as the two suddenly orphaned children imagine, from somewhere beyond the stars.
While it doesn't have the personality of [b:Christine|10629|Christine|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q6ASNSD6L._SL75_.jpg|1150571], or dangerous allure of a certain Buick 8 ([b:From a Buick 8|22076|From a Buick 8|Stephen King|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304686732s/22076.jpg|2818729]), this is still one bad-ass car. It's just an all-around fun read, and well worth the price of admission to the drive-in. Just make sure you have the popcorn handy, don't park too close to that dirty car beside you, and be sure to stick around for the preview of [b:11/22/63|10644930|11/22/63|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qHW5o%2Bc%2BL._SL75_.jpg|15553789] that follows.
While Fair Extension, the third entry in [b:Full Dark, No Stars|7912007|Full Dark, No Stars|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RbrMvPQrL._SL75_.jpg|11067830], was a welcome reminder of classic King, his stand-alone digital short, Mile 81, could very well be a 'lost' story from those early collections. It's creepy and bizarre, with a monster that is never explained or justified, and an ending that's neither happy nor tidy. It's a story that gleefully wallows in its impossible gore, pushing one victim after another into harm's way, until you can't help but laugh (guiltily, of course) at the absurdity of it all.
I don't want to say much about the plot itself, because it's a short story with a slight (but nicely handled) pay-off, so instead I'll share you with one of my favourite lines:
He could feel something, oh dead God and dear Jesus, something like teeth. They were chewing. The car was eating his hand.
Yes, it's a car, and yes, it's eating his hand. What's more, it doesn't stop with his hand - it doesn't even stop with him! This is one hungry, nondescript, mud-splattered, oddly parked station wagon from Hell . . . or, perhaps, as the two suddenly orphaned children imagine, from somewhere beyond the stars.
While it doesn't have the personality of [b:Christine|10629|Christine|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q6ASNSD6L._SL75_.jpg|1150571], or dangerous allure of a certain Buick 8 ([b:From a Buick 8|22076|From a Buick 8|Stephen King|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304686732s/22076.jpg|2818729]), this is still one bad-ass car. It's just an all-around fun read, and well worth the price of admission to the drive-in. Just make sure you have the popcorn handy, don't park too close to that dirty car beside you, and be sure to stick around for the preview of [b:11/22/63|10644930|11/22/63|Stephen King|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qHW5o%2Bc%2BL._SL75_.jpg|15553789] that follows.
emily4sgiath's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0