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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a 20-piece compilation of short stories and poems all written in King’s wonderful steam-of-consciousness writing style. With stories ranging from a kindle with the ability to see alternate realities and the future, a man-eating car defeated by a boy, a story focused on the question of morality and even an exorcism of a little god of agony. As my first foray into reading short stories, I really enjoyed this book and the breadth of subjects it covered. As a book I cannot remember how I came to possess, this ended up an enjoyable read.
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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my favorite short story collection. Lots of half baked feeling ideas. Although my favorite of the bunch, Morality, still makes me uncomfortable when I think about it days later.
Un libro que me ha encantado con un montón de historias
I'm torn on this review. I loved the introductions to each short story but somehow they took away from the stories. Still, King is a gifted writer and the variety of stories here is incredible. If I had to do it over, I'd skip the intros and just enjoy the stories, or just read the intros. They are both solid.
Another collection of goodies by one of my favourite authors. The Little Green God of Agony was particularly suspenseful, atmospheric, eerie -- all the words. I also loved Batman and Robin have an Altercation. It was a nuanced story with all the feels. Under the Weather was my absolute favourite of the bunch. Even though this is a short story, through King's brilliant writing, the horror slowly dawns on you. Brilliant!
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
A couple of solid stories—Afterlife, Herman Wouk Is Still Alive, and Summer Thunder chief among them—but this overall Bazaar is one of King's weakest and most trite collections. Most stories tend to lean heavily on predictable formula and after reading like 70 King books, the formula is STALE.
2.5 out of 5
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2.5 out of 5
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