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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I often wonder why Stephen King fans hate his short story collections. At least the SK fan I talk to in Facebook groups and stuff always have something negative to say about his short stories. It is not much different on booktube either. Personally I love his collections of short stories, they are quick reads and always leave a little smile on my face. That it what Everything's Eventual is, it is a collection of 14 short stories. The one that really stands out and is most memorable and should be read by all Dark Tower fans is The Little Sisters of Eluria. It is about Roland and vampires! Some other stand out stories in this collection are 1408, very different from the movie. Autopsy Room Four is terrifying! It is the first story about a guy who is awake but they think he is dead and are about to preform an autopsy on him.
Some these end abruptly and others end way different than you think they are going to end. What I liked most about this book was how it is written. Before every story Stephen King gives you some insite into how he wrote the story or how he came up with the idea for it, sometimes where he wrote it or how he wrote it. One story he wrote in Nevada and got the idea from a motel he stayed in that left casino chips on your pillow. He wrote the story longhand on the hotel stationary. Another is based on the death of his mother. This personal touch is really cool and it almost like getting two stories in one.
When it comes to SK books I admit I am very bias, I love all his work. I have never read an SK book I didn't like. If you like quick little short stories check out Everything's Eventual. If you are not a fan of the short story then pass this one up. To me there is something a little magical about a writer who can draw you in tell his story and be done in 50 pages or less.
Some these end abruptly and others end way different than you think they are going to end. What I liked most about this book was how it is written. Before every story Stephen King gives you some insite into how he wrote the story or how he came up with the idea for it, sometimes where he wrote it or how he wrote it. One story he wrote in Nevada and got the idea from a motel he stayed in that left casino chips on your pillow. He wrote the story longhand on the hotel stationary. Another is based on the death of his mother. This personal touch is really cool and it almost like getting two stories in one.
When it comes to SK books I admit I am very bias, I love all his work. I have never read an SK book I didn't like. If you like quick little short stories check out Everything's Eventual. If you are not a fan of the short story then pass this one up. To me there is something a little magical about a writer who can draw you in tell his story and be done in 50 pages or less.
Classic King (with all that entails), just wish the little explanation epigraphs came at the end of each story rather than before
The usual mix of King stories here - some really good, others okay and a few that feel a little too long. Most of his collections run the full spectrum from full blood and guts horror to non horror, but this book erred more towards the middle and end of that. No full out slasher stuff, but more on the lines of spooky and disturbing.
The Little Sister's of Eluria story was my first dip into the Dark Tower series and from that point on it was no looking back.
These 14 tales show some of King's range, much shorter than other "short stories" King has written in the past. Including stories of Roland Deschains first solo mission which involves vampires all the way to a man who gave his wife a cat as a present and in Room 1408 King shows us just why we shouldn't try to stay in the rumored haunted rooms in hotels.
Solid collection, although some stories are much, much better than others.
A few standouts:
Riding the Bullet
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
The Man in the Black Suit
A few standouts:
Riding the Bullet
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French
The Man in the Black Suit
Good collection of short stories - each with a little different feel to them.
These are great stories. We run the gamut from daily terrible things to fantasy to a haunted hotel story. I am particularly fond of the title story, Everything's Eventual, The Man in the Black Suit and 1408. As with other Stephen King collections, several of these stories have made their way to visual media:
- Autopsy Room Four (starring Richard Thomas) was featured in the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
- The Road Virus Heads North (starring Tom Berenger) was featured in the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
- 1408 (starring John Cusak and Samuel Jackson) was made into a feature film - though I like the written story much better.
- Riding the Bullet (staring David Arquette) was a fairly good representation of the story.
- Autopsy Room Four (starring Richard Thomas) was featured in the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
- The Road Virus Heads North (starring Tom Berenger) was featured in the TNT series Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
- 1408 (starring John Cusak and Samuel Jackson) was made into a feature film - though I like the written story much better.
- Riding the Bullet (staring David Arquette) was a fairly good representation of the story.
Stephen King always brings it, and this collection of short stories is no exception. From the monstorous beauty of The Little Sisters of Eluria to the chills of 1408, I was hooked!
I picked this up purely to get ahold of The Little Sisters of Eluria as I love the Dark Tower series in all it's different forms and came away also enjoying every story in this book. I enjoyed reading about the thought processes leading up to each story and every one is uniquely Stephen King in a way that is almost indescribable. Some are funny, some are terrifying, each one excellent.
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