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abbie_ 's review for:
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
by Stephen King
3.5
Another King short story collection read and Night Shift still remains number one as far as I’m concerned!
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes started off SUPER strong but then I found that my ratings were petering down to 3s and 2s and even a couple of 1s, whereas I only gave 5 stars to one story in the whole collection, Suffer the Little Children. But other highlights were Dolan’s Cadillac, The Night Flier, The Ten O’Clock People, The Moving Finger, Chattery Teeth, and Crouch End.
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Horror lends itself so well to short stories, and King says this himself, because nothing needs to be explained in a short story. It simply is. There simply is a moving finger in your drain. There simply is a vampire with a pilot license. And I love that!
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But a lot of the stories started to feel tedious. The Doctor’s Last Case, It Grows on You, even Umney’s, they just felt like a bit of a slog, and the 11 stories I’ve not mentioned were good but forgettable. One that is NOT forgettable is Dedication, but honestly it was so gross I don’t ever want to think about it again, thanks King.
Another King short story collection read and Night Shift still remains number one as far as I’m concerned!
.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes started off SUPER strong but then I found that my ratings were petering down to 3s and 2s and even a couple of 1s, whereas I only gave 5 stars to one story in the whole collection, Suffer the Little Children. But other highlights were Dolan’s Cadillac, The Night Flier, The Ten O’Clock People, The Moving Finger, Chattery Teeth, and Crouch End.
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Horror lends itself so well to short stories, and King says this himself, because nothing needs to be explained in a short story. It simply is. There simply is a moving finger in your drain. There simply is a vampire with a pilot license. And I love that!
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But a lot of the stories started to feel tedious. The Doctor’s Last Case, It Grows on You, even Umney’s, they just felt like a bit of a slog, and the 11 stories I’ve not mentioned were good but forgettable. One that is NOT forgettable is Dedication, but honestly it was so gross I don’t ever want to think about it again, thanks King.