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Different Seasons
by Stephen King
Have to say I greatly enjoyed Kings tomb of four novellas.
Shawshank, perhaps the most famous, was enjoyable but not my favorite. 3/5 stars. Good writing style and clever characterizing, a creepingly slower pace. I don't care much for prison stories so my enjoyment was dampered slightly from this. Think it could have excelled if a bit shorter/condensed. Really dug Kings almost slangish writing style for this one.
Apt Pupil, 4/5 stars. Good stuff, better than the film. Disturbing and unique, it was well paced, a good length, took time to reveal the characters, but the cat scene was extreme, yech.
The Body, 4/5, maybe the one I enjoyed the most. Character orientated rather than plot driven, which isn't common with King. Recaptures youth and fun summer nights spent with friends. The journey wasn't important in terms of what they found, but rather the time they spent together. I do think King went a little overboard for shock value at the very end on what happened to some of the main characters, but still a book very well worth reading.
The Breathing Method, 1.5/5 stars, easily the weakest and little point in it. The overriding mystery of the main story dulled me, the ending with it was rather pointless explanation that holds little sense. Woven throughout were smaller stories told from others, and nothing special about those either. Feel like I must have missed the point of this one, as I didn't really find anything enjoyable about it.
Shawshank, perhaps the most famous, was enjoyable but not my favorite. 3/5 stars. Good writing style and clever characterizing, a creepingly slower pace. I don't care much for prison stories so my enjoyment was dampered slightly from this. Think it could have excelled if a bit shorter/condensed. Really dug Kings almost slangish writing style for this one.
Apt Pupil, 4/5 stars. Good stuff, better than the film. Disturbing and unique, it was well paced, a good length, took time to reveal the characters, but the cat scene was extreme, yech.
The Body, 4/5, maybe the one I enjoyed the most. Character orientated rather than plot driven, which isn't common with King. Recaptures youth and fun summer nights spent with friends. The journey wasn't important in terms of what they found, but rather the time they spent together. I do think King went a little overboard for shock value at the very end on what happened to some of the main characters, but still a book very well worth reading.
The Breathing Method, 1.5/5 stars, easily the weakest and little point in it. The overriding mystery of the main story dulled me, the ending with it was rather pointless explanation that holds little sense. Woven throughout were smaller stories told from others, and nothing special about those either. Feel like I must have missed the point of this one, as I didn't really find anything enjoyable about it.