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A review by damog
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
4.0
It's always difficult to review a collection of short stories and this one is no exception. For the most part I thought it was a great collection of work but I did struggle a little to see a thread through these stories - was I looking for something not there or miss it completely?
For Dark Tower fans and for those other kinds of people, those that haven't read The Dark Tower yet, The Little Sisters of Eluria is a treat. The titular Everything's Eventual is great creepy fun and L.T.'s Theory of Pets shows a surprisingly funny side to King's writing, who knew?
The only stories of the fourteen that didn't really work for me were The Death of Jack Hamilton and In the Death Room. Ironically I felt they were essentially the same story with only the setting changed.
The Man in the Black Suit is creepy fun but I was surprised to see it was the recipient of the O. Henry award.
Overall lot's of fun in bite-sized chunks. As someone who is working on short stories at the moment, it's great to see someone in King's position take the time to continue to produce these stories and show the rest of us how it is done.
For Dark Tower fans and for those other kinds of people, those that haven't read The Dark Tower yet, The Little Sisters of Eluria is a treat. The titular Everything's Eventual is great creepy fun and L.T.'s Theory of Pets shows a surprisingly funny side to King's writing, who knew?
The only stories of the fourteen that didn't really work for me were The Death of Jack Hamilton and In the Death Room. Ironically I felt they were essentially the same story with only the setting changed.
The Man in the Black Suit is creepy fun but I was surprised to see it was the recipient of the O. Henry award.
Overall lot's of fun in bite-sized chunks. As someone who is working on short stories at the moment, it's great to see someone in King's position take the time to continue to produce these stories and show the rest of us how it is done.