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jamesdanielhorn 's review for:
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
by Stephen King
This is middling work for Stephen King. I know this is a collection of short stories but a decent chunk of them are not particularly memorable. There are, however, a handful of stand outs.
Particularly, My Pretty Pony which is absolutely fantastic, and quite possibly my favorite King short story to date. Maybe I am in the minority here, but this story holds up against anything McMurtry has written.
Other stand outs include the Dolan’s Cadillac which if slightly longer could have ended up a Bachman Book. Home Delivery, Chattery Teeth, the 10 O’Clock People, and the Moving Finger, which are schlocky, but very Stephen King. And finally the recounting of his Son’s championship Little League season, “Head Down” which genuinely got me excited for baseball season. Otherwise his homages to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lovecraft, and Chandler are all fine but didn’t particularly do it for me, and “You Know They Got a Hell of a Band” is particularly bad.
Either way, Nightmares and Dreamscapes is not bad per se. Overall, it displays just what makes King a great writer. The collection just ultimately doesn’t do much to stand out against his other work. It remains a grab bag of Stephen King’s talents and certainly worth reading if already a Constant Reader.
Particularly, My Pretty Pony which is absolutely fantastic, and quite possibly my favorite King short story to date. Maybe I am in the minority here, but this story holds up against anything McMurtry has written.
Other stand outs include the Dolan’s Cadillac which if slightly longer could have ended up a Bachman Book. Home Delivery, Chattery Teeth, the 10 O’Clock People, and the Moving Finger, which are schlocky, but very Stephen King. And finally the recounting of his Son’s championship Little League season, “Head Down” which genuinely got me excited for baseball season. Otherwise his homages to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lovecraft, and Chandler are all fine but didn’t particularly do it for me, and “You Know They Got a Hell of a Band” is particularly bad.
Either way, Nightmares and Dreamscapes is not bad per se. Overall, it displays just what makes King a great writer. The collection just ultimately doesn’t do much to stand out against his other work. It remains a grab bag of Stephen King’s talents and certainly worth reading if already a Constant Reader.