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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
vinitneo's review against another edition
5.0
Man. that was a brilliant. It was engrossing. I now know why Stephen King is so popular. This is the third Stephen King book I am reading and this one is the best. The pace was quick and to the point. One thing that I did not like about this book was the language that was used. I have not problem with "(fuck, titties, pusy etc.)" but 6 and 10 year old kids saying that makes me uncomfortable. Other than that, everything was great. If you are looking for a story which makes sense or which explains things - This book isn't for you. But if you want a simple and silly yet entertaining story - give it a try.
agus_gm's review against another edition
3.0
Este libro lo voy a valorar de dos formas por separado:
La primera, es por el libro en si, perfectamente escrito y que te envuelve desde el principio de la historia hasta el final, super detallada y con personajes muy bien definidos aunque en ocasiones poco creibles (un niño de 10 años o una niña de 6 no piensan de la manera en que King nos lo cuenta).
Por otra parte, esta la historia. Solo puedo imaginarmela siendo de dibujos animados. Y ese sonido de "pop" que tanto nos repite me volvía a recordar a esos dibujos. Aunque la idea es original. Mala, pero original.
Por lo tanto, un 4/5 a la narración y calidad, un 1,5/5 a la idea original y unas décimas de regalo por no alargarlo más de lo necesario. Total, un 2,75/5 que no me duele redondearlo a 3 estrellitas.
La primera, es por el libro en si, perfectamente escrito y que te envuelve desde el principio de la historia hasta el final, super detallada y con personajes muy bien definidos aunque en ocasiones poco creibles (un niño de 10 años o una niña de 6 no piensan de la manera en que King nos lo cuenta).
Por otra parte, esta la historia. Solo puedo imaginarmela siendo de dibujos animados. Y ese sonido de "pop" que tanto nos repite me volvía a recordar a esos dibujos. Aunque la idea es original. Mala, pero original.
Por lo tanto, un 4/5 a la narración y calidad, un 1,5/5 a la idea original y unas décimas de regalo por no alargarlo más de lo necesario. Total, un 2,75/5 que no me duele redondearlo a 3 estrellitas.
dreasfreckles's review against another edition
4.0
Loved it. The story was so Stephen King. And it was crazy!!! I just wish it was a full blown novel. I feel like the story could have gone on more.
sleepygirlreads_'s review against another edition
2.0
What did I just read??? Like, no explanation what so ever. It was so random that it's so hard to focus on the story.
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A car that eats people appears out of nowhere and gets defeated by a kid and his magnifying glass??? WTF?? And it isn't that that makes me give this short story a poor rating. It's the point of view from the 10-year-pld and the 6-year-old. Their thoughts were portrayed as if they were adults and they were both swearing, the former more then the latter but still. Kids shouldn't know those words and it made their characters seem confused.prismsquare's review against another edition
5.0
“She had grown up knowing you cared for the one who had fallen and couldn’t get up. She had also grown up knowing you ate no shit—not about your hosses, your size, your line of work, or your sexual preferences. Once you started eating shit, it had a way of becoming your regular diet.”
― Stephen King, Mile 81
Really enjoyed this short story. It was definitely one of his better ones, incorporating a lot of different characters without feeling like he was getting too off track.
Something I've noticed king doing a lot in his book is like throwing in movie or tv show names and references when he's too lazy to describe a situation. Saying it's like 'Fringe' or The X Files Not a huge fan of that shit. I'd rather read a description of a scene that just read 'Oh it was like the walking dead' feels lazy to me.
But I did enjoy this one. It was an easy, quick read.
― Stephen King, Mile 81
Really enjoyed this short story. It was definitely one of his better ones, incorporating a lot of different characters without feeling like he was getting too off track.
Something I've noticed king doing a lot in his book is like throwing in movie or tv show names and references when he's too lazy to describe a situation. Saying it's like 'Fringe' or The X Files Not a huge fan of that shit. I'd rather read a description of a scene that just read 'Oh it was like the walking dead' feels lazy to me.
But I did enjoy this one. It was an easy, quick read.
csavering's review against another edition
2.0
Solid and compelling, BUT...
What an annoyingly abrupt ending. What was the point to that? Argh. My kindle said I was only at 78% too, but then I realized I forgot about the stupid preview at the end. Disappointing only because it was going so well, then BOOM, Mr. King decides to pack it in! For someone who wrote so vividly in "Misery" about being able to write yourself out of a corner, he sure didn't live up to his own expectations. Oh well... on to Mr. Mercedes.
What an annoyingly abrupt ending. What was the point to that? Argh. My kindle said I was only at 78% too, but then I realized I forgot about the stupid preview at the end. Disappointing only because it was going so well, then BOOM, Mr. King decides to pack it in! For someone who wrote so vividly in "Misery" about being able to write yourself out of a corner, he sure didn't live up to his own expectations. Oh well... on to Mr. Mercedes.