A review by nicekweenreads
The Mist by Stephen King

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

I liked the general premise of a mysterious mist hiding unknown, lethal monsters that will kill anything on sight, however, I just didn't care for the execution.

I felt the build up was long for a not so great ending. There was too much time focused on a character, the lawyer neighbor, that didn't amount to anything. No character development, nothing, yet thus character us super prominent in the first half of the book.

I noticed a trend with early King novels to always talk about a women's chest in just normal conversation. It's very off putting.

I also found it difficult to root for the main character. He slept with another woman 1 night after his wife is presumed dead. It seemed like King just had to have a sex scene just because. There was no purpose to this whatsoever.

The ending was also a terrible let down.

All in all, it's a good idea but could've used some review prior to publishing.