A review by kaitoro_walker13
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

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

3.5

Mile 81 - cool story, but don't know if the boy who got drunk and passed out was really necesarry

Premium Harmony - short, easy, bit forgettable

Batman and Robin Have an Altercation - This was nice

The Dune - loved the ending, the rest of the book was a bit average

Bad Little Kid - Probably the best in the collection. A solid story.

A Death - SO forgettable

The Bone Church - Love Stephen King, but he needs to stop writing poetry

Morality - Cool story

Afterlife - fun, but I feel like I've read it before

Ur - This was really cool

Herman Wouk Is Still Alive - Good character work, really impactful

Under the Weather - So well executed

Blockade Billy - I REALLY don't care about baseball

Mister Yummy - A filler story

Tommy - Like, REALLY needs to stop writing poetry

The Little Green God of Agony - This one SUCKS

That Bus Is Another World - Cool idea, poor execution

Obits - Cool idea, but it didn't go anywhere really

Drunken Fireworks - meh

Summer Thunder - I didn't really get what it was about until the end, but when I got it, it was cool.

OVERALL
This is probably the worst collection of his I have read. Whilst there were good stories, they were few and far-between, and there weren't any stories that really stood out or blew me away. But I loved the author notes he had at the start of each story.