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constantcatreader's Reviews (1.39k)
Wow! This was one of my favorite of King's novels so far! I could not put this book down! I just kept reading chapter after chapter. So many fascinating characters that kept getting deeper and darker with every page turn. The evil character, Leland Gaunt, is the perfect villian, hiding the disgusting truth with the perfect curtain of charm and charisma.
The book shows the dangers of pride, temptation, and seeing your sin with rose colored glasses. We all see life how we want to at times instead of what it truly is. Gaunt reels in customers to his nifty shop of "expensive" wares called Needful Things which attracts the gossip of all the spectators of Castle Rock. One by one, he finds the deep desires of his customers and has them each play a seemingly meaningless tricks on others in town. Fueling the flames of kindling disputes, the town begins to spiral out of control fast.
Such a wonderful way to see that our own desires blind us to the reality and relationships which surround us, building up to cause us to do terrible, terrible things we never thought possible of any human being.
The book shows the dangers of pride, temptation, and seeing your sin with rose colored glasses. We all see life how we want to at times instead of what it truly is. Gaunt reels in customers to his nifty shop of "expensive" wares called Needful Things which attracts the gossip of all the spectators of Castle Rock. One by one, he finds the deep desires of his customers and has them each play a seemingly meaningless tricks on others in town. Fueling the flames of kindling disputes, the town begins to spiral out of control fast.
Such a wonderful way to see that our own desires blind us to the reality and relationships which surround us, building up to cause us to do terrible, terrible things we never thought possible of any human being.
The first two times I tried reading this book I did not finish. These books contain a lot of jabs at Christianity that I don’t like personally. So the third time I told myself to get over it and just try to finish the book.
Overall, I had many good times while reading this book. I think I cried a few times and got very excited at many points. I think I would enjoy this book more if I understood 80s references to video games. Sometimes these references become repetitious and boring after a while. These people are literally obsessed with this Halliday dude and treat his Almanac like a Bible of sorts. I don’t necessarily like all that obsessive points, but I think the author is trying to make a point to enjoy and make the best of reality because that’s what’s real and that’s all we’ve really got.
The writing is pretty good, making the book hard to put down most of time. It does seem to be written for a younger audience as well as certain moments seem brushed off, far fetched, or just too perfectly time to be considered realistic.
I liked the characters and the overall plot. Some points I believe were too cheesy or awkward for me. I won’t go into details to spoil the book.
Overall, it was enjoyable and I docked 1 star for some moments I didn’t like or thought were unnecessary.
Overall, I had many good times while reading this book. I think I cried a few times and got very excited at many points. I think I would enjoy this book more if I understood 80s references to video games. Sometimes these references become repetitious and boring after a while. These people are literally obsessed with this Halliday dude and treat his Almanac like a Bible of sorts. I don’t necessarily like all that obsessive points, but I think the author is trying to make a point to enjoy and make the best of reality because that’s what’s real and that’s all we’ve really got.
The writing is pretty good, making the book hard to put down most of time. It does seem to be written for a younger audience as well as certain moments seem brushed off, far fetched, or just too perfectly time to be considered realistic.
I liked the characters and the overall plot. Some points I believe were too cheesy or awkward for me. I won’t go into details to spoil the book.
Overall, it was enjoyable and I docked 1 star for some moments I didn’t like or thought were unnecessary.