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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
3,5 una storia interessante, uno stile di scrittura molto scorrevole, ma nulla di troppo memorabile. (non so che mi fumavo perché sto continuando a pensarci, nulla di troppo memorabile sto cazzo)
Ho amato il personaggio frastagliato di Craig, finché è durato, e ho apprezzato il gesto di Dinah, molto inaspettato, e, pur amando l'incipit, la storia mi è sembrata abbastanza dimenticabile, come anche i mostri presenti: una palla aliena piena di denti non è il massimo dell'originalità, ecco.
Ho amato il personaggio frastagliato di Craig, finché è durato, e ho apprezzato il gesto di Dinah, molto inaspettato, e, pur amando l'incipit, la storia mi è sembrata abbastanza dimenticabile, come anche i mostri presenti: una palla aliena piena di denti non è il massimo dell'originalità, ecco.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-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
I’ve been wanting to read this book since I bought it years ago and it took multiple challenges before I finally managed to make my way through. It was definitely an interesting read and I enjoyed the various stories within.
Secret Window was probably still my favorite because I was familiar with the story from watching the movie – just a completely different ending. Some of the other stories were very strange and what I would expect from King. At lease one other was made into a movie, which could be interesting to check out.
Secret Window was probably still my favorite because I was familiar with the story from watching the movie – just a completely different ending. Some of the other stories were very strange and what I would expect from King. At lease one other was made into a movie, which could be interesting to check out.
Pretty sure I read this one befor, but maybe I am just remembering the movie. I know I saw that.
A 4-part collection of novellas from the mind of Stephen King. In this book we’ve got; The Langolears - where a small group of plane passengers awaken to find all others aboard have vanished, Secret Window Secret Garden - where a writer is confronted by a stranger claiming the writer stole his story, The Library Policeman - where a man fails to return some library books on time and finds himself being hunted by a very unfriendly librarian, and Sun Dog - where a Polaroid camera keeps showing photos of a demonic dog, no matter what else you take pictures of.
So I’m really only a fan of Secret Window, Secret Garden. It’s a great mystery that builds into a good ending (they changed the ending in the Johnny Depp movie version and I’m undecided which I like more). You’re made to wonder at the legitimacy of it all right until the end.
The other 3 stories a kind of forgettable for me. Langolears gets a slight pass because of the sheer oddness of it all, and it made me want to watch the 90s miniseries.
But unfortunately the other 2 stories were kind of meh for me, and I can see why they’ve never been adapted to screen. Library Policeman is actually a nod to IT though, possibly a tie-in with the same sort of being?
I actually found Sun Dog pretty boring, though if you look at it as a prologue of sorts to Needful Things then that spices it up slightly.
All in all not the strongest of SK’s shorter works, but they can be enjoyed in their own ways too.
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So I’m really only a fan of Secret Window, Secret Garden. It’s a great mystery that builds into a good ending (they changed the ending in the Johnny Depp movie version and I’m undecided which I like more). You’re made to wonder at the legitimacy of it all right until the end.
The other 3 stories a kind of forgettable for me. Langolears gets a slight pass because of the sheer oddness of it all, and it made me want to watch the 90s miniseries.
But unfortunately the other 2 stories were kind of meh for me, and I can see why they’ve never been adapted to screen. Library Policeman is actually a nod to IT though, possibly a tie-in with the same sort of being?
I actually found Sun Dog pretty boring, though if you look at it as a prologue of sorts to Needful Things then that spices it up slightly.
All in all not the strongest of SK’s shorter works, but they can be enjoyed in their own ways too.
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