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Needful Things
by Stephen King
I work in a place where people sit and read. I see a lot of books. Someone told me about this book and how the shop proprieter seems to always have exactly what you're looking for and that kind of hooked me. I checked it out from the library.
Stephen King has done good work here. It was a great pageturner...at first I was leery of the 700+ page tome but I found myself at home within it's complex labyrinth of characters. Occasionally, I'd skip a few paragraphs because I would catch something more interesting on the opposing page, usually in all-caps ("BABTIST RAT FUCK", "FINANCIAL FAGGOTRY" e.g.) but for the most part, I read it straight through.
The story was great but I felt myself dreading the end. I generally hate how books end and this was no different. I agree with the reviewerLisa who said "I felt that the story was set in reality until the conclusion so I found it difficult to accept its supernatural ending." Um yeah. It was kinda trippy and sci-fi-y and a little cheesy. Polly's azra...sigh. Alan's Nut Munch. Sigh. Some parts were pretty freaking terrifying though, like Brian's story and how that turned out. And. Without saying too much: A corkscrew! That's just brutal!
I loved the language of the book and found myself laughing out loud in several instances (the citations around Buster's house, the way Nettie spoke to Raider, Cora/Myra "visiting" with the King). Some characters though, I didn't give two shits about. The Catholics vs. the Baptists, oh no, who will prevail?!
Overall, it was a good read. I'm glad I finished it but I think the ending could have been better, somehow. I'm not sure how, but it could have been better. I would read more of his work (the Shining, IT are at the top of my list).
Stephen King has done good work here. It was a great pageturner...at first I was leery of the 700+ page tome but I found myself at home within it's complex labyrinth of characters. Occasionally, I'd skip a few paragraphs because I would catch something more interesting on the opposing page, usually in all-caps ("BABTIST RAT FUCK", "FINANCIAL FAGGOTRY" e.g.) but for the most part, I read it straight through.
The story was great but I felt myself dreading the end. I generally hate how books end and this was no different. I agree with the reviewerLisa who said "I felt that the story was set in reality until the conclusion so I found it difficult to accept its supernatural ending." Um yeah. It was kinda trippy and sci-fi-y and a little cheesy. Polly's azra...sigh. Alan's Nut Munch. Sigh. Some parts were pretty freaking terrifying though, like Brian's story and how that turned out. And. Without saying too much: A corkscrew! That's just brutal!
I loved the language of the book and found myself laughing out loud in several instances (the citations around Buster's house, the way Nettie spoke to Raider, Cora/Myra "visiting" with the King). Some characters though, I didn't give two shits about. The Catholics vs. the Baptists, oh no, who will prevail?!
Overall, it was a good read. I'm glad I finished it but I think the ending could have been better, somehow. I'm not sure how, but it could have been better. I would read more of his work (the Shining, IT are at the top of my list).