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kimabill 's review for:
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
I was so excited when I heard Stephen King had a new short story collection. It seems like not many authors write short stories any more, and Stephen King does it so well. These stories were a good mix of creepy, terrifying, and downright disgusting. No spoilers, but here are some of my favorite stories:
"N." - This is a story about a psychiatrist with an obsessive-compulsive patient who believes there is a REAL evil he's preventing by doing all those OCD rituals. It feels like classic Stephen King (The Shining) where you get inside the head of someone going slowly insane and you start to feel yourself getting a little nutty as well. Good stuff.
"Mute" - This one felt like an [b:Alfred Hitchcock|2014794|The Thirty-nine Steps.|John Buchan|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JYVWNH8DL._SL75_.jpg|2422487] movie in some ways -- nothing supernatural, but still creepy.
"The Things They Left Behind" - Stephen King's September 11th story. Horrifying because of the reality of it, but with an interesting spin.
"The Cat from Hell" - Another story that feels like classic Stephen King. Creepy, creepy, creepy - will definitely leave you a little rattled. This story + Poe's "The Black Cat" = I will never have a pet of the feline persuasion.
Another great thing about this collection is that King put "notes" at the end about each story, describing how he came up with the idea and what he thinks of the finished product. I love when he talks about his own writing, so that was a special treat for me. (The last paragraph of the "notes" section is hilarious.)
There are some weak stories in the collection, but I still enjoyed all of them in some way. The last story in the book - "A Very Tight Place" - all I can say is "Ewwwwwww." I just kept thinking that King was trying to be as disgusting as possible in this story, and his "notes" pretty much confirmed that.
If you are a Stephen King fan, I'm sure you'll like most of the stories here in one way or another.
p.s. There is something weird about the cover of this book. I don't know if it is the font or if it is an illusion created by the clear plastic library book cover, but the words look like they are jumping off the page and coming to get me . . .
"N." - This is a story about a psychiatrist with an obsessive-compulsive patient who believes there is a REAL evil he's preventing by doing all those OCD rituals. It feels like classic Stephen King (The Shining) where you get inside the head of someone going slowly insane and you start to feel yourself getting a little nutty as well. Good stuff.
"Mute" - This one felt like an [b:Alfred Hitchcock|2014794|The Thirty-nine Steps.|John Buchan|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JYVWNH8DL._SL75_.jpg|2422487] movie in some ways -- nothing supernatural, but still creepy.
"The Things They Left Behind" - Stephen King's September 11th story. Horrifying because of the reality of it, but with an interesting spin.
"The Cat from Hell" - Another story that feels like classic Stephen King. Creepy, creepy, creepy - will definitely leave you a little rattled. This story + Poe's "The Black Cat" = I will never have a pet of the feline persuasion.
Another great thing about this collection is that King put "notes" at the end about each story, describing how he came up with the idea and what he thinks of the finished product. I love when he talks about his own writing, so that was a special treat for me. (The last paragraph of the "notes" section is hilarious.)
There are some weak stories in the collection, but I still enjoyed all of them in some way. The last story in the book - "A Very Tight Place" - all I can say is "Ewwwwwww." I just kept thinking that King was trying to be as disgusting as possible in this story, and his "notes" pretty much confirmed that.
If you are a Stephen King fan, I'm sure you'll like most of the stories here in one way or another.
p.s. There is something weird about the cover of this book. I don't know if it is the font or if it is an illusion created by the clear plastic library book cover, but the words look like they are jumping off the page and coming to get me . . .