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A review by victoriabot
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King
4.0
The good shit:
"The Little Sisters of Eluria" - classic Roland shit but it really works. Adds depth to the classic gunslinger as well as plays up that western fantasy vibe.
"Everything's Eventual" - loved it. Just perfection in bringing the character to life and really making you live in his brain. Narration by Justin Long 10/10. Love how the supernatural is worked in.
"L.T.'s Theory of Pets" - the live narration from King to an audience sells this well, but it works perfectly as a comedy with a bitter ending.
"The Road Virus Heads North" - this is why I read King. I was looking over my shoulder as I read this riding the elliptical in my basement. Put me on edge for sure.
"Lunch at Gotham Cafe" - once you realize the point is that the main character is an asshole and is on his own path to mania, the story just works. Eeeeeee.
"Riding the bullet" - scary and heart-warming. Really beautiful in the end.
It's alright:
"Autopsy Room Four" - keeps you reading, good humor, great last line
"The Man in the Black Suit" - definitely spooky to meet the devil and live to tell the tale.
"That feeling, you can only say what it is in French" - the ending almost makes this good shit, but the story is for lack of a better word too repetitive. Like I know that's the point but I mean I still like Groundhog's Day so something is off in the story telling.
"1408" - I was expecting more and kind of disappointed by the result. It's good but not great sadly.
"Luckey Quarter" - not groundbreaking but a good quick finish.
Skip it:
"All that you love will be carried away" - not trash, but just didn't get this one.
"The Death of Jack Hamilton" - tonal shift for King, but not a good fit for his writing
"In the deathroom" - realized 15 min that I already read this in Secret Windows. Repetition makes the stories flaws (trope filled, racist, implausible) even worse
"The Little Sisters of Eluria" - classic Roland shit but it really works. Adds depth to the classic gunslinger as well as plays up that western fantasy vibe.
"Everything's Eventual" - loved it. Just perfection in bringing the character to life and really making you live in his brain. Narration by Justin Long 10/10. Love how the supernatural is worked in.
"L.T.'s Theory of Pets" - the live narration from King to an audience sells this well, but it works perfectly as a comedy with a bitter ending.
"The Road Virus Heads North" - this is why I read King. I was looking over my shoulder as I read this riding the elliptical in my basement. Put me on edge for sure.
"Lunch at Gotham Cafe" - once you realize the point is that the main character is an asshole and is on his own path to mania, the story just works. Eeeeeee.
"Riding the bullet" - scary and heart-warming. Really beautiful in the end.
It's alright:
"Autopsy Room Four" - keeps you reading, good humor, great last line
"The Man in the Black Suit" - definitely spooky to meet the devil and live to tell the tale.
"That feeling, you can only say what it is in French" - the ending almost makes this good shit, but the story is for lack of a better word too repetitive. Like I know that's the point but I mean I still like Groundhog's Day so something is off in the story telling.
"1408" - I was expecting more and kind of disappointed by the result. It's good but not great sadly.
"Luckey Quarter" - not groundbreaking but a good quick finish.
Skip it:
"All that you love will be carried away" - not trash, but just didn't get this one.
"The Death of Jack Hamilton" - tonal shift for King, but not a good fit for his writing
"In the deathroom" - realized 15 min that I already read this in Secret Windows. Repetition makes the stories flaws (trope filled, racist, implausible) even worse