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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
My first Stephen king disappointment. ITS hard to rate a short story collection, however I only found about 4 stories enjoyable and memorable. I originally picked this up for the monkey to compare to the movie. I loved that story. I also loved the mist! I have seen the movie adaptation a handful of times and was excited to finally read it! Other stories I liked was the story about the boy left alone with his grandmother and the very last story. If anything, read it for the mist and the monkey
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The Mist - 4/5
Here There Be Tygers - 3/5
The Monkey - 4/5
Cain Rose Up - 4/5
Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut - 4/5
The Jaunt - 5/5
The Wedding Gig - 3/5
Paranoid: A Chant - 4/5
The Raft - 4/5
Word Processor of the Gods - 3/5
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands - 4/5
Beachworld - 4/5
The Reaper’s Image - 3/5
Nona - 3/5
For Owen - 3/5
Survivor Type - 4/5
Uncle Otto’s Truck - 4/5
Morning Deliveries - 5/5
Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game - 5/5
Gramma - 5/5
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet - 2/5
The Reach - 4/5
Here There Be Tygers - 3/5
The Monkey - 4/5
Cain Rose Up - 4/5
Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut - 4/5
The Jaunt - 5/5
The Wedding Gig - 3/5
Paranoid: A Chant - 4/5
The Raft - 4/5
Word Processor of the Gods - 3/5
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands - 4/5
Beachworld - 4/5
The Reaper’s Image - 3/5
Nona - 3/5
For Owen - 3/5
Survivor Type - 4/5
Uncle Otto’s Truck - 4/5
Morning Deliveries - 5/5
Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game - 5/5
Gramma - 5/5
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet - 2/5
The Reach - 4/5
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
dark
tense
dark
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An enjoyable collection of tales and short stories. The most scariest one for me was Gramma as that was such a scary tale and it left its mark on me. I also really enjoyed the Lovecraft references in it. Another story that I really enjoyed that had such a scary ending was the sci-fi story The Jaunt as I really enjoyed the sci-fi aspect of it.
Some other stories I really enjoyed were Miss Todd’s Shortcut as I loved that story. I also found The Raft to be a very good story. The Reach was another one that I enjoyed the ending and found it to be good. Survivor Type was a very weird and disturbing story for me. I found the ending of The Wedding Gig to be nice. Also I weirdly really enjoyed Word Processor of the Gods too.
I also enjoyed the other Castle Rock stories that were Nona and Uncle Otto’s Truck and also really enjoyed the references to characters from King’s Castle Rock books such as Ace Merrill and Joe Chamber.
Here There Be Tygers, Cain Rose Up and The Reaper’s Image were very short and ok with I liking The Reaper’s Image most of all.
I also liked Beachworld and the sci-fi aspects of it. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet was also an interesting read. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands was another story held in that odd New York Club from The Breathing Method in Different Seasons and was a good story.
The Monkey really did not impress me that much though it was very scary. The Mist was a great and scary story with such horrifying monsters and I really enjoyed it upto its ending which I did not like.
I did not really get or enjoy the 2 Milkman stories though and they were my least favourite.
Overall a great collection of stories.
Some other stories I really enjoyed were Miss Todd’s Shortcut as I loved that story. I also found The Raft to be a very good story. The Reach was another one that I enjoyed the ending and found it to be good. Survivor Type was a very weird and disturbing story for me. I found the ending of The Wedding Gig to be nice. Also I weirdly really enjoyed Word Processor of the Gods too.
I also enjoyed the other Castle Rock stories that were Nona and Uncle Otto’s Truck and also really enjoyed the references to characters from King’s Castle Rock books such as Ace Merrill and Joe Chamber.
Here There Be Tygers, Cain Rose Up and The Reaper’s Image were very short and ok with I liking The Reaper’s Image most of all.
I also liked Beachworld and the sci-fi aspects of it. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet was also an interesting read. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands was another story held in that odd New York Club from The Breathing Method in Different Seasons and was a good story.
The Monkey really did not impress me that much though it was very scary. The Mist was a great and scary story with such horrifying monsters and I really enjoyed it upto its ending which I did not like.
I did not really get or enjoy the 2 Milkman stories though and they were my least favourite.
Overall a great collection of stories.
DNF @ 60%
I'm determined to stop forcing my way through books I'm not enjoying, so here I am actually DNFing this short story collection because it's been a bit of a struggle. Far from King's best work, and I'm not sure if I want to pick up more short stories from him after this. I loved the novellas in Different Seasons, but with Skeleton Crew I just don't think most of the concepts are that interesting or go far enough. Out of what I read here I enjoyed The Mist, The Jaunt, and The Raft the most, but the rest didn't do much for me.
I'm determined to stop forcing my way through books I'm not enjoying, so here I am actually DNFing this short story collection because it's been a bit of a struggle. Far from King's best work, and I'm not sure if I want to pick up more short stories from him after this. I loved the novellas in Different Seasons, but with Skeleton Crew I just don't think most of the concepts are that interesting or go far enough. Out of what I read here I enjoyed The Mist, The Jaunt, and The Raft the most, but the rest didn't do much for me.