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Needful Things by Stephen King
3.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Too long. Too many characters. Too much sexualizing scenes unnecessarily (I’m all for smut. I’m not for constant relation of emotion to ‘hardening nipples’, ‘testicles shrivelling’, and sexualizing children). Too much N word. 

Love Castle Rock. Loved seeing where Ace Merril ended up. Loved all the Easter eggs from the Kingverse. Plenty of laugh-out-loud lines. Great characterization and relationships. 

If it had been 200 pages shorter, didn’t’ over use sex, religion and racism as plot points, it could have been a 4star book.