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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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12th book of 2024 complete & I must say that this is now officially my favourite King novel. I always enjoy a good cabin in the woods horror and King definitely didn’t disappoint…shit weasels.
The discussion of the trials and tribulations that can/do occur in friendships throughout life felt very relative. How we should cherish all the time spent because life’s a forever moving yet finite beast. Ending honestly made me shed a tear.
Also… shit weasels are the devil
12th book of 2024 complete & I must say that this is now officially my favourite King novel. I always enjoy a good cabin in the woods horror and King definitely didn’t disappoint…shit weasels.
The discussion of the trials and tribulations that can/do occur in friendships throughout life felt very relative. How we should cherish all the time spent because life’s a forever moving yet finite beast. Ending honestly made me shed a tear.
Also… shit weasels are the devil
No pensaba que me fuera a gustar tanto, pero leer esto después de una pandemia le da un toque un poco terrorífico.
La historia trata de cuatro amigos que han crecido y no han cumplido ninguna de sus expectativas de cuando eran jóvenes. Cada año se reúnen para cazar y la historia se tuerce cuando empiezan a pasar
La historia trata de cuatro amigos que han crecido y no han cumplido ninguna de sus expectativas de cuando eran jóvenes. Cada año se reúnen para cazar y la historia se tuerce cuando empiezan a pasar
I read or listen to this one almost every single winter. Those first 100 pages are my happy place—-four lifelong friends enjoying each other’s company. The prose just spools from page to page. King really saw the line when the wrote this one. I suspect i use a phrase from this book every other day in my daily life. One of my absolute favorites.
4.4 stars.
First off. Let me just say that you honestly can’t go off the reviews on the King’s books. You just have to dive in and make up your own mind about it all.
I say this because now that I’ve read a Grand and Lofty total of 2 books (please. Hold your applause for this awe inspiring accomplishment
First off. Let me just say that you honestly can’t go off the reviews on the King’s books. You just have to dive in and make up your own mind about it all.
I say this because now that I’ve read a Grand and Lofty total of 2 books (please. Hold your applause for this awe inspiring accomplishment
Mt first King for a long while. Had this for a decade in both hardback and paperback but somehow never picked it up off the shelf.
Wish I had sooner to be honest. It is classic King in that it combines elements of supernatural along with some biting horror and a hefty amount of examining human behaviour.
Like It the tale follows a group of friends switching between current and past events to excellent effect (and not confusing, as can sometimes be the case with King).
The characterizations are superb and, as ever, you are truly drawn into their lives. The afterword reveals King wrote this by hand in fountain pen while recuperating after his car accident. Looking back through the book you can see several moments that are directly influenced by his real-world situation.
Well worth reading.
Wish I had sooner to be honest. It is classic King in that it combines elements of supernatural along with some biting horror and a hefty amount of examining human behaviour.
Like It the tale follows a group of friends switching between current and past events to excellent effect (and not confusing, as can sometimes be the case with King).
The characterizations are superb and, as ever, you are truly drawn into their lives. The afterword reveals King wrote this by hand in fountain pen while recuperating after his car accident. Looking back through the book you can see several moments that are directly influenced by his real-world situation.
Well worth reading.
Had to reread for book club, and while I know I read this shortly after its release, the only things I remembered about it were the "shit weasels" (like how could you not remember that?) and the location of the climax since it was semi-local for me. I didn't even remember if I liked it the first time around.
I can definitely say now, no. So why 3 stars? Because there was so much potential, and I think that was my second biggest complaint about the book. There were several very interesting concepts here, but because there were so many, nothing really got a thorough exploration. Aliens, military, ESP, buddy tale... pick one and write a good book about it, or pick all of the above and get all you can eat buffet quality.
My biggest complaint was by far was the way Duddits' character was written. I guess maybe it was progress that this time it wasn't a black character being the magical mystical helper/savior of the white characters, but now we've moved on to a developmentally disabled perma-child character to fill that position. It wasn't just the language the "hero" characters used about Duddits, though that was cringe-inducing, especially since they never had a moment even later as adults of thinking "wow, we were sh**ty, weren't we?" but the entire framing of their being saviors of this poor helpless little lost lamb as the time they were at their best as humans.
Add in a lot of things that happened without any explanation and having 4 pretty interchangeable men as the central characters, and I just... am so disappointed in the potential unmet here.
I can definitely say now, no. So why 3 stars? Because there was so much potential, and I think that was my second biggest complaint about the book. There were several very interesting concepts here, but because there were so many, nothing really got a thorough exploration. Aliens, military, ESP, buddy tale... pick one and write a good book about it, or pick all of the above and get all you can eat buffet quality.
My biggest complaint was by far was the way Duddits' character was written. I guess maybe it was progress that this time it wasn't a black character being the magical mystical helper/savior of the white characters, but now we've moved on to a developmentally disabled perma-child character to fill that position. It wasn't just the language the "hero" characters used about Duddits, though that was cringe-inducing, especially since they never had a moment even later as adults of thinking "wow, we were sh**ty, weren't we?" but the entire framing of their being saviors of this poor helpless little lost lamb as the time they were at their best as humans.
Add in a lot of things that happened without any explanation and having 4 pretty interchangeable men as the central characters, and I just... am so disappointed in the potential unmet here.
I wouldn't classify this as horror but it's definitely a Stephen King novel. That man is so unmistakably descriptive.
I learned about this through the movie (which I thought was a little weird) and the book is also a little weird but an entertaining read.
I learned about this through the movie (which I thought was a little weird) and the book is also a little weird but an entertaining read.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Este libro va directo a las decepciones literarias del año, pensé que me encontraría con una novela que me causase terror hasta los huesos, pero lo único que me causaba era asco con tanto detalle innecesario que me daba.
**RESEÑA**
Este libro nos narra la historia de 4 amigos que cierto día del invierno se encontraban en una cabaña en el bosque cazando ciervos, algo raro estaba sucediendo y ellos no lo notaban hasta que le permiten la entrada a un tipo desconocido a su casa del bosque.
Aquí todo comienza con extraterrestres controlando a todo ser humano que se cruzase por su camino, infectándolo con cierta cosa asquerosa. Con el problema de los extraterrestres aparece el gran problema militar y en este punto todo se magnifica, pues los personajes no sólo peleaban con los bichos fuera de este mundo, sino que también con los bichos gubernamentales.
**OPINION**
Como ya dije, fue una gran decepción, toda la historia fue lenta, creo que le quedaron ciertos hilos en el aire, realmente creo que no supo explicar ciertas cosas que eran importantes explicar, hubo momentos en los que la historia ganaba velocidad y se ponía interesante, pero eran muy contados.
Con todo esto malo, se puede rescatar que como siempre la construcción de personajes de Stephen King es brillante, puedes simpatizar con ellos como si de verdad estuvieras manteniendo una conversación intima con cada uno de estos personajes, por esa razón le di 2 estrellas.
EN CONCLUSIÓN, NO RECOMIENDO ESTE LIBRO PARA NADA, CREO QUE SE PUDO HABER SACADO UNA GRAN NOVELA DE TODO ESTE MUNDO QUE CREÓ ESTE HOMBRE PERO LO ECHO A PERDER
**RESEÑA**
Este libro nos narra la historia de 4 amigos que cierto día del invierno se encontraban en una cabaña en el bosque cazando ciervos, algo raro estaba sucediendo y ellos no lo notaban hasta que le permiten la entrada a un tipo desconocido a su casa del bosque.
Aquí todo comienza con extraterrestres controlando a todo ser humano que se cruzase por su camino, infectándolo con cierta cosa asquerosa. Con el problema de los extraterrestres aparece el gran problema militar y en este punto todo se magnifica, pues los personajes no sólo peleaban con los bichos fuera de este mundo, sino que también con los bichos gubernamentales.
**OPINION**
Como ya dije, fue una gran decepción, toda la historia fue lenta, creo que le quedaron ciertos hilos en el aire, realmente creo que no supo explicar ciertas cosas que eran importantes explicar, hubo momentos en los que la historia ganaba velocidad y se ponía interesante, pero eran muy contados.
Con todo esto malo, se puede rescatar que como siempre la construcción de personajes de Stephen King es brillante, puedes simpatizar con ellos como si de verdad estuvieras manteniendo una conversación intima con cada uno de estos personajes, por esa razón le di 2 estrellas.
EN CONCLUSIÓN, NO RECOMIENDO ESTE LIBRO PARA NADA, CREO QUE SE PUDO HABER SACADO UNA GRAN NOVELA DE TODO ESTE MUNDO QUE CREÓ ESTE HOMBRE PERO LO ECHO A PERDER