Format: Hardcover
Author: Stephen King
Length/number of pages: 566
Price : 8.99
"In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine-A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction-a trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell-a woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise-an idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil-and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged."
~ Summary from Barnes And Noble website
This book is extremely well written and clever. King is at his best with a great mixture of humor and horror. The characters feel like real people even though they are only in short stories,and they are generally well-rounded. The stories are also truly horrifying at some points and will have you on the edge of your chair with suspense.
The only bad points are that a few of the characters, despite being well-written are not very likeable. Because of this some of them are not relatable. Also some stories are not as good as others, but overall most of them are excellent.
Rating (out of five chocolate bars) 4.5 I would give this a five but some of the stories are not as good as others.
Appropriateness: Death. This book is not only pee your pants scary, it is full of swearing and other content I would only recommend this book to people who are comfortable with this kind of content.
Cover Thoughts: I think the cover was kind of boring. All it is is a bunch of skulls.
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