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A review by mbs1236
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
An enjoyable collection of tales and short stories. The most scariest one for me was Gramma as that was such a scary tale and it left its mark on me. I also really enjoyed the Lovecraft references in it. Another story that I really enjoyed that had such a scary ending was the sci-fi story The Jaunt as I really enjoyed the sci-fi aspect of it.
Some other stories I really enjoyed were Miss Todd’s Shortcut as I loved that story. I also found The Raft to be a very good story. The Reach was another one that I enjoyed the ending and found it to be good. Survivor Type was a very weird and disturbing story for me. I found the ending of The Wedding Gig to be nice. Also I weirdly really enjoyed Word Processor of the Gods too.
I also enjoyed the other Castle Rock stories that were Nona and Uncle Otto’s Truck and also really enjoyed the references to characters from King’s Castle Rock books such as Ace Merrill and Joe Chamber.
Here There Be Tygers, Cain Rose Up and The Reaper’s Image were very short and ok with I liking The Reaper’s Image most of all.
I also liked Beachworld and the sci-fi aspects of it. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet was also an interesting read. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands was another story held in that odd New York Club from The Breathing Method in Different Seasons and was a good story.
The Monkey really did not impress me that much though it was very scary. The Mist was a great and scary story with such horrifying monsters and I really enjoyed it upto its ending which I did not like.
I did not really get or enjoy the 2 Milkman stories though and they were my least favourite.
Overall a great collection of stories.
Some other stories I really enjoyed were Miss Todd’s Shortcut as I loved that story. I also found The Raft to be a very good story. The Reach was another one that I enjoyed the ending and found it to be good. Survivor Type was a very weird and disturbing story for me. I found the ending of The Wedding Gig to be nice. Also I weirdly really enjoyed Word Processor of the Gods too.
I also enjoyed the other Castle Rock stories that were Nona and Uncle Otto’s Truck and also really enjoyed the references to characters from King’s Castle Rock books such as Ace Merrill and Joe Chamber.
Here There Be Tygers, Cain Rose Up and The Reaper’s Image were very short and ok with I liking The Reaper’s Image most of all.
I also liked Beachworld and the sci-fi aspects of it. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet was also an interesting read. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands was another story held in that odd New York Club from The Breathing Method in Different Seasons and was a good story.
The Monkey really did not impress me that much though it was very scary. The Mist was a great and scary story with such horrifying monsters and I really enjoyed it upto its ending which I did not like.
I did not really get or enjoy the 2 Milkman stories though and they were my least favourite.
Overall a great collection of stories.