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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
After reading a fair bit of recent King lately, it certainly felt good to dive back in to the meat of the order. This is classic terrifying Stephen King. I'll never look at sparrows the same way again....
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good idea, boring execution
Not bad, but like a lot of King’s books, a bit indulgent and doesn’t end as well as it could. He loves to write a good book about guys who write good books.
This one will definitely hold a place in my top 10 favorite Stephen King novels. This was a wild and crazy ride from start to finish. Great writing and imagery.
Stephen King is basically the prog-rock of horror writing, and normally I have a high tolerance for his noodling. But when you write 200 pages of characters sitting around and talking about what might be happening (rather than, you know, anything actually happening), that's a bridge too far.
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Warning: gore and existential crises.
I read the Dark Half in my teen years and was utterly enthralled by the premise. A young boy who is believed to have a tumour, has his brain operated on. They find teeth and an eyeball in his brain. - a parasitic twin of sorts.
The main character, whose name I have now forgotten (and it doesn't matter, the premise applies to all of us) later receives a visit from his Dark Half - a physical manifestation of his parasitic twin.
Looking back, I think I understand the book better. We all have a manifestation of a Dark Half, and it's parasitic - it eats at us when not controlled. The protagonist and antagonist are the same person.
It's all about fighting your demons, but is presented in such a unique way. The protagonist's relationship with his wife always stood out to me because it was so realistic. I clearly remember them reading a tabloid magazine for fun and making fun of celebrities and people's obsessions with them, which is which is pretty ironic, if ya think about it.
I think every King fan should read this. It's a wonderful and underrated book, despite its flaws - just like the protagonist.
Courtesy of Jen's nostalgic reviews
I read the Dark Half in my teen years and was utterly enthralled by the premise. A young boy who is believed to have a tumour, has his brain operated on. They find teeth and an eyeball in his brain. - a parasitic twin of sorts.
The main character, whose name I have now forgotten (and it doesn't matter, the premise applies to all of us) later receives a visit from his Dark Half - a physical manifestation of his parasitic twin.
Looking back, I think I understand the book better. We all have a manifestation of a Dark Half, and it's parasitic - it eats at us when not controlled. The protagonist and antagonist are the same person.
It's all about fighting your demons, but is presented in such a unique way. The protagonist's relationship with his wife always stood out to me because it was so realistic. I clearly remember them reading a tabloid magazine for fun and making fun of celebrities and people's obsessions with them, which is which is pretty ironic, if ya think about it.
I think every King fan should read this. It's a wonderful and underrated book, despite its flaws - just like the protagonist.
Courtesy of Jen's nostalgic reviews