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A review by samyukta_24
Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
4.0
Stephen King has done it again. Out of the 23 stories in the book, more than 70% of them were memorable ones, with some of the stories just waiting to be made into full-blown novels.
The thing I have always liked about King’s writing is that even though his books are sold under the genre of horror, more often than not, the stories have an uplifting end, and good always seems to prevail over evil. And man, that is so satisfying to read!
My top three favorites would have to be –
1) Popsy – when you have a vampire as your grandpa, there's nothing to fear in this world
2) Chattery teeth – Loved the whole idea of an inanimate object protecting somebody so fiercely.
3) The ten o'clock people – Now, this could make an amazing novel, not that it wasn’t perfect being a short story as it is, but there's nothing more satisfying to read than when a couple of people start a resistance band against evil.
Some of the stories may seem a little repetitive, but all of them have a unique message, while some of them are just so deliciously crazy, that you can't wrap your head around them, no matter how hard you try.
I would also like to give a special mention to King’s last story – a diary entry about the Little League championship his son played in. Even if the baseball terms went over my head, the whole style and feel of the writing was a perfect end to the book, filled with nostalgia and a sense of comfort, which made me forget that I was technically, reading a “scary book”.
I loved this bumper collection of not-so-short stories, and it may not have induced as many nightmares as it proclaimed it would, but certainly sparked my imagination to a great extent.
The thing I have always liked about King’s writing is that even though his books are sold under the genre of horror, more often than not, the stories have an uplifting end, and good always seems to prevail over evil. And man, that is so satisfying to read!
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My top three favorites would have to be –
1) Popsy – when you have a vampire as your grandpa, there's nothing to fear in this world
2) Chattery teeth – Loved the whole idea of an inanimate object protecting somebody so fiercely.
3) The ten o'clock people – Now, this could make an amazing novel, not that it wasn’t perfect being a short story as it is, but there's nothing more satisfying to read than when a couple of people start a resistance band against evil.
Some of the stories may seem a little repetitive, but all of them have a unique message, while some of them are just so deliciously crazy, that you can't wrap your head around them, no matter how hard you try.
I would also like to give a special mention to King’s last story – a diary entry about the Little League championship his son played in. Even if the baseball terms went over my head, the whole style and feel of the writing was a perfect end to the book, filled with nostalgia and a sense of comfort, which made me forget that I was technically, reading a “scary book”.
I loved this bumper collection of not-so-short stories, and it may not have induced as many nightmares as it proclaimed it would, but certainly sparked my imagination to a great extent.