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literaryelephant 's review for:
Four Past Midnight
by Stephen King
The Langoliers - 3 stars
Secret Window, Secret Garden - 4 stars (cw pet violence)
The Library Policeman - 4 stars (cw molestation on page)
The Sun Dog - 3 stars (Cujo spoilers included, and this is the 2nd installment in a loose Castle Rock trilogy)
Rounding down to 3 overall because I had issues with the writing for various reasons in all stories, with the exception of SWSG whose downfall was only being extremely dated. (There is also some sexism/misogyny involved but the perspective allows it to feel like a reflection of the character rather than the writer, which I found more tolerable.) But those are pretty normal issues for SK, especially in his older works, and actually I had a pretty great time reading all of these. They're a great length, the concepts are really intriguing, the level of suspense and pacing is handled so well in all but The Langoliers. This a really consistent collection. I'd probably recommend it to people who've read SK's most popular works and aren't sure where to start with his lesser known stuff, as long as you go in knowing there are (as usual) some unsavory details.
Secret Window, Secret Garden - 4 stars (cw pet violence)
The Library Policeman - 4 stars (cw molestation on page)
The Sun Dog - 3 stars (Cujo spoilers included, and this is the 2nd installment in a loose Castle Rock trilogy)
Rounding down to 3 overall because I had issues with the writing for various reasons in all stories, with the exception of SWSG whose downfall was only being extremely dated. (There is also some sexism/misogyny involved but the perspective allows it to feel like a reflection of the character rather than the writer, which I found more tolerable.) But those are pretty normal issues for SK, especially in his older works, and actually I had a pretty great time reading all of these. They're a great length, the concepts are really intriguing, the level of suspense and pacing is handled so well in all but The Langoliers. This a really consistent collection. I'd probably recommend it to people who've read SK's most popular works and aren't sure where to start with his lesser known stuff, as long as you go in knowing there are (as usual) some unsavory details.