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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I normally can’t do audiobooks because they don’t hold my attention the way reading does, but this book definitely was entertaining enough to listen to. It so good, I just wish it was longer and actually explained what was the cause of the plot. I would have been much more satisfied.
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
¿Acaso me olvidé de actualizar esta lectura?
Evidentemente.
Un relato que no se termina de comprender a causa de la velocidad con la que lo han escrito ambos autores, y si a eso le sumamos que hay un montón de referencias a Mundo Medio o novelas de Hill puede que el lector o la lectora se encuentre algo desorientado.
Creo que la película logró tener un nivel más alto que el libro en esta ocasión porque se comprende mejor e incluso es más extenso o tiene partes en dónde hay contexto sin tanta referencia a los libros.
Si bien el relato cuenta con cosas maravillosas, como por ejemplo las escenas de canibalismo, ocultismo, asesinatos y descripciones de cadáveres putrefactos que podrían generar asco al lector o lectora.
El nivel de la evolución (hacia la pérdida de la coherencia) de los personajes es maravilloso, al menos hay que destacarlo porque es interesante como logran realizarlo en tan pocas páginas.
Algo para destacar de esta colaboración entre padre e hijo es que se nota mucho menos el pase de un autor a otro (como sucedió con Bellas durmientes, la colaboración entre Stephen y Owen que dejó bastante que desear)
Evidentemente.
Un relato que no se termina de comprender a causa de la velocidad con la que lo han escrito ambos autores, y si a eso le sumamos que hay un montón de referencias a Mundo Medio o novelas de Hill puede que el lector o la lectora se encuentre algo desorientado.
Creo que la película logró tener un nivel más alto que el libro en esta ocasión porque se comprende mejor e incluso es más extenso o tiene partes en dónde hay contexto sin tanta referencia a los libros.
Si bien el relato cuenta con cosas maravillosas, como por ejemplo las escenas de canibalismo, ocultismo, asesinatos y descripciones de cadáveres putrefactos que podrían generar asco al lector o lectora.
El nivel de la evolución (hacia la pérdida de la coherencia) de los personajes es maravilloso, al menos hay que destacarlo porque es interesante como logran realizarlo en tan pocas páginas.
Algo para destacar de esta colaboración entre padre e hijo es que se nota mucho menos el pase de un autor a otro (como sucedió con Bellas durmientes, la colaboración entre Stephen y Owen que dejó bastante que desear)
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
fuck it.. im just gonna say it. the movie was better- it was scarier, more disturbing and definitely creepier. i mean its still interesting but it didn’t have ANY details like the movie did. it was just so.. fast.. to fast for ANYTHING to happen. literally we didn’t get ONE THING.
In the Tall Grass does a great job of balancing the short story format and holding tension. Would it have been great to read more about the rock or have the powers of the rock better fleshed out? Sure. Would the novella have then been a full novel? Also yes. The mysteries left unexplained or fully fleshed out in short stories are what keep me thinking about them for months or years after I've initially read them.
Similarly, the somewhat ambiguous ending (we know what happened to our original characters through simple inference but not what happens to this new set of characters) will keep me wondering about them for a long time.
I don't usually like to do this but I watched the Netflix movie before I read the novella. Unsurprisingly, the book was better. The pacing in the movie was completely off and it made me worried we might see similarly bad or slow pacing in the novella. I was happy with the pacing, though. The story moves at a very quick clip with fast building horror until the "omg" ending.
Great read. Overall, four stars. Not one I'd go out of my way to reread but certainly recommendable to fans of horror.
Similarly, the somewhat ambiguous ending (we know what happened to our original characters through simple inference but not what happens to this new set of characters) will keep me wondering about them for a long time.
I don't usually like to do this but I watched the Netflix movie before I read the novella. Unsurprisingly, the book was better. The pacing in the movie was completely off and it made me worried we might see similarly bad or slow pacing in the novella. I was happy with the pacing, though. The story moves at a very quick clip with fast building horror until the "omg" ending.
Great read. Overall, four stars. Not one I'd go out of my way to reread but certainly recommendable to fans of horror.
This very much had Children of the Corn vibes. I liked it, but wasn't wowed. I do always enjoy the detail and atmosphere provided by King and will get to read something by Hill in the future hopefully
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Nice Collaboration
Good read. Very reminiscent of The Lawnmower Man and other short stories from Stephen Kong's Night Shift. Very cool to see Joe Hill following successfully in his father's footsteps.
Good read. Very reminiscent of The Lawnmower Man and other short stories from Stephen Kong's Night Shift. Very cool to see Joe Hill following successfully in his father's footsteps.
Good for a short story. Well developed, ominous tension, gore, and “oh no you didn’t” moments