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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
I didn't understand the story in the first half but as I start to, I couldn't stop
4.5
Merged review:
I didn't understand the story in the first half but as I start to, I couldn't stop
4.5
4.5
Merged review:
I didn't understand the story in the first half but as I start to, I couldn't stop
4.5
This novella follow Scott Carey as he begins to lose weight. He weighs himself, and he stays the same even if he steps on the scale with weights. He confides in a retired doctor friend, Bob Ellis, who wants him to see a practicing physician. Scott won’t because he feels fine; he has a big job due for work; and he knows he will be studied. Scott’s only worry is a feud he accidentally started with the lesbian owners of a local restaurant, and Deidre won’t let him make it up. As Scott loses weight he feels better, but he doesn’t look any different. He decides to run the Turkey Trot and bets Deidre, a competitive runner, he can beat her. If he wins she and Missy must come to dinner. She slips in the rain feet away from the finish line. When he helps her up, she fees the weightlessness. He lets her win, but she still insists on the dinner. At dinner he tells Deidre, Missy, and Ellis’s wife (Ellis already knew). Ellis’s wife gets over her homophobia when she bonds with Missy over food. Picture of Scott helping Deidre and Missy at the race helps her restaurant.
When it is time for Scott to go, Deidre helps.
Good. Would have liked to know what caused it.
When it is time for Scott to go, Deidre helps.
Good. Would have liked to know what caused it.
All I can say is wow! King has plucked my heartstrings.
I never thought I'd call a Stephen King novel cute, but it's a nice, though melancholy, story based around an original idea. If you haven't read it, I'd recommend it.
An existential (and odd) change in a man’s life. And because of it, he goes on to change the lives of others. Interesting concept, but this novella missed its mark by making pretty much everything work out well.
p18 "Hands on a clock, numbers on a bathroom scale, weren't they only was of trying to measure invisible forces that had visible effects? A feeble effort to corral some greater reality beyond what mere humans thought of as reality?"
p119 Scott's thoughts on giving away his cat to a friend as he contemplates his end: "Scott hung up, thought about what giving things away meant--especially things that were also valued friends [his cat]--and closed his eyes."
p18 "Hands on a clock, numbers on a bathroom scale, weren't they only was of trying to measure invisible forces that had visible effects? A feeble effort to corral some greater reality beyond what mere humans thought of as reality?"
p119 Scott's thoughts on giving away his cat to a friend as he contemplates his end: "Scott hung up, thought about what giving things away meant--especially things that were also valued friends [his cat]--and closed his eyes."
A beautiful and tiny book. Just a lovely story and what I needed right now with the world as it is.
Stephen King has written better.....much better. Although he managed very good character and plot development in this short tale, he lacked an explanation as to why this happened to Scott. I was left wanting more.
A nice little story but not the Castle Rock type story I was hoping for. Also his extreme left political views and jabs at Trump are not a good look for him. Seems like he has a little Trump derangement syndrome. In general it just seems to me that entertainers should refrain from extreme political views, at best they alienate 50% of the audience. Either stick to writing or become a politician.