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A review by morganaverena
The Mist by Stephen King
4.0
4,5★
“When rationality begins to break down, the circuits of the human brain can overload. Axons grow bright and feverish. Hallucinations turn real: the quicksilver puddle at the point where perspective makes parallel lines seem to intersect is really there; the dead walk and talk; a rose begins to sing.”
I'm almost certain that this was my first King book, and he nailed it!
For such a short book, this was a delight to read! The tone of it made me super tense and gave me the full vibes I was looking for in a thriller! The way King describes the environment, the fear of what lies in the shadows, the grip the father needs to have on his kid, and the constant worry... chefs kiss!
Also, for such a short story, not only the characters were so well-developed that we can actually hate a few of them, but also the way the creepy mist is described is so life-like that I imagined it all as a movie in my head.
This looked so real.
The only reason I took half a star is because the ending was a bit of a hard downhill for me, as I was never a fan of ambiguous endings.
“When rationality begins to break down, the circuits of the human brain can overload. Axons grow bright and feverish. Hallucinations turn real: the quicksilver puddle at the point where perspective makes parallel lines seem to intersect is really there; the dead walk and talk; a rose begins to sing.”
I'm almost certain that this was my first King book, and he nailed it!
For such a short book, this was a delight to read! The tone of it made me super tense and gave me the full vibes I was looking for in a thriller! The way King describes the environment, the fear of what lies in the shadows, the grip the father needs to have on his kid, and the constant worry... chefs kiss!
Also, for such a short story, not only the characters were so well-developed that we can actually hate a few of them, but also the way the creepy mist is described is so life-like that I imagined it all as a movie in my head.
Spoiler
The way the main character is so "father-like" when he says something happened and people don't believe until they see it with their own eyes... and the way King puts us in the feet of the dad and we are also constantly worried about his son and if they're going to survive, the questioning of where those monsters came from, if the mother is still alive or not...This looked so real.
The only reason I took half a star is because the ending was a bit of a hard downhill for me, as I was never a fan of ambiguous endings.