Take a photo of a barcode or cover
obscene_jack 's review for:
Needful Things
by Stephen King
Needful things is weird. It’s not the first King's book I've read, but it's the first one that made me fall in love with his writing. And yet, looking at it from a distance, well, it’s... kinda sucky.
No, I don't want to undervalue it, it's an immense book. It has a lot of engaging storylines, it's so cozy you need neither a plaid nor a chimney to go with it. It's interesting. The pacing is better than the Ministry of Silly Walks would approve. Hell, it makes you sympathize even with the baddies for a while. It's so good, that in the end you can't help but feel betrayed. As if you've been eating a tasty soup, and enjoyed it a lot, and at the bottom of the bowl suddenly discovered a wet dog that licked you right in the face. As if you've been putting on a sock, but haven't noticed a crocodile hiding in it. As if you've led an interesting creatively fulfilled life and in the end discovered you've been Rick Astley all along. It's sad, is what I'm saying.
No, I don't want to undervalue it, it's an immense book. It has a lot of engaging storylines, it's so cozy you need neither a plaid nor a chimney to go with it. It's interesting. The pacing is better than the Ministry of Silly Walks would approve. Hell, it makes you sympathize even with the baddies for a while. It's so good, that in the end you can't help but feel betrayed. As if you've been eating a tasty soup, and enjoyed it a lot, and at the bottom of the bowl suddenly discovered a wet dog that licked you right in the face. As if you've been putting on a sock, but haven't noticed a crocodile hiding in it. As if you've led an interesting creatively fulfilled life and in the end discovered you've been Rick Astley all along. It's sad, is what I'm saying.