lindseysparks 's review for:

3.0

This starts out with what ended up being my favorite story from this collection: Autopsy Room 4. Super creepy and well done.
Then there are four stories in a row that I don't really remember. I think it's funny that three put of the four were published in the New Yorker. I did remember these feeling too long.
Then we get a story about Roland from the Dark Tower series!!! This was a great story and I think it stands alone even if you haven't read those books.
I enjoyed all of the stories after this one as well, except I was too scared to read the one with "pets" in the title. I didn't trust King to not do something awful to the animals.
The title story was really interesting and I'd like to see him revisit that story and write about some of the other trannies (not what you think it means). 1408 was a great story with about an evil place. I enjoyed Lunch at the Gotham Cafe even though we don't get any explanation, although maybe that's part of what I liked. We don't usually get explanations in real life either. The deja vu story was well written but wasn't exactly enjoyable, but it wasn't supposed to be. Finally, Riding the Bullet and Luckey Quarter were both sad.