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A review by bethreadsandnaps
Stephen King Companion by George Beahm
4.0
Not what I expected in a GOOD way.
I expected a rather thorough analysis of each of King's works, as the title suggests to me. But what I got was an interesting assortment of King material. There were short summaries/analyses of each of his works published through 1995, but these summaries were only about 3 pages each and at the end of the book.
What most of the book included were essays about King's impact, interviews, speeches he gave, King's intentional choice of small publishing companies/independent booksellers, and a chapter on his house that I found especially interesting. For the substantial breadth of King included, I expected more about King as a youth and something about King's alcoholism early in his career and its impact on his writing. Those sore subjects got no attention in this book, which disappointed me, but were probably part of King's endorsement of the book.
I thought this was a great read for any King fan.
I expected a rather thorough analysis of each of King's works, as the title suggests to me. But what I got was an interesting assortment of King material. There were short summaries/analyses of each of his works published through 1995, but these summaries were only about 3 pages each and at the end of the book.
What most of the book included were essays about King's impact, interviews, speeches he gave, King's intentional choice of small publishing companies/independent booksellers, and a chapter on his house that I found especially interesting. For the substantial breadth of King included, I expected more about King as a youth and something about King's alcoholism early in his career and its impact on his writing. Those sore subjects got no attention in this book, which disappointed me, but were probably part of King's endorsement of the book.
I thought this was a great read for any King fan.