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A review by dwcofer
The Science of Stephen King: The Truth Behind Pennywise, Jack Torrance, Carrie, Cujo, and More Iconic Characters from the Master of Horror by Kelly Florence, Meg Hafdahl
5.0
“The Science of Stephen King,” by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence is a wonderful, but brief, synopsis of thirty of King’s book as well as a shallow dive into the science involved in each book. As an example, clowns are discussed in the chapter on IT. Rabies in dogs is discussed in the chapter on Cujo, etc.
Many of the chapters have interviews with specialists in the scientific area under discussion in that chapter, and each chapter has numerous footnotes where the reader can go for further reading on the subject.
My only slight complaint is I wish the authors went into more detail in each chapter and had conducted longer interviews with the specialists. However, I realize if they had done that, the book would be as long as some of King’s longer works.
If you are expecting this book to be a detailed synopsis or summarization of these novels, then you will be disappointed. They go into enough detail so the reader knows the basic premise of the book under discussion, but the bulk of each chapter is the discussion of the scientific aspect of each book. If this book is of interest to you, then you have probably already read these books and do not need a detailed summary of the book.
I really enjoyed the book and thought the authors did a great job with the subject material.
Many of the chapters have interviews with specialists in the scientific area under discussion in that chapter, and each chapter has numerous footnotes where the reader can go for further reading on the subject.
My only slight complaint is I wish the authors went into more detail in each chapter and had conducted longer interviews with the specialists. However, I realize if they had done that, the book would be as long as some of King’s longer works.
If you are expecting this book to be a detailed synopsis or summarization of these novels, then you will be disappointed. They go into enough detail so the reader knows the basic premise of the book under discussion, but the bulk of each chapter is the discussion of the scientific aspect of each book. If this book is of interest to you, then you have probably already read these books and do not need a detailed summary of the book.
I really enjoyed the book and thought the authors did a great job with the subject material.