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  ) thatnerd | Mar 2, 2024 |  Good, creepy story about the far reaching implications of greed and murder. Did not see the exact ending coming and I've been thinking back on the story and connecting some dots since I finished. Overall, quite good. Second story read: Fair Extension This is the shortest story in the collection. It's an all too familiar story of a man who makes a bargain with the devil to extend his own life. Largely unimpressed by this one. Third story read: A Good Marriage Pulled this book off the shelf again because this story is being made into a movie. What would you do if you discovered that you husband of 20 years was a notorious serial killer? An unsettling read. Not sure I have the nerve to see the movie -- it's scary to think about a spouse having secrets of any kind let alone one this huge & creepy. Fourth story read: Big Driver Unpleasant rape & revenge story. ( ) hmonkeyreads | Jan 25, 2024 | My favorite is probably the first, 1922 and one of the longer ones, a slow burn after the initial murder, featuring an incredibly well-read farmer. Big Driver also had a fair amount of name-dropping with Tess, but that's because she's a cozy mystery author. The ending was a bit too neat, but I cheered anyway. Fair Extension was short, and also a pile-up of tragedies albeit with a big slice of schadenfreude pie for the main character. A Good Marriage kept me up way too late finishing it, then even later as I googled & read about the real life inspiration, Dennis Rader- a bad habit, reading about serial killers late night/early morning. I'm not too keen on horror, generally, but these were mostly creeping horrors of what's really going on in the mind, punctuated by murders. Thanks for letting me keep this way too long, Aurora! (  ) Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |  ) siamm | Dec 9, 2023 | These were written in the late 210s and have largely centred around the terrible aspects of violence towards women. A lot of what makes these stories pertinent and distressing is the pure normality. It is the ability for evil acts to be committed by the most normal of people under some of the most normal circumstances. However, not only is this message delivered, it is accompanied by kings trademark, folksy style, coupled with brilliant, suspenseful chapters and paragraphs. I recommend these stories as an excellent collection. Not all of them have the resolution one would wish but there is a great understanding of how life can spiral out of control. ( ) aadyer | Sep 8, 2023 |
 Mr. King’s “Full Dark, No Stars” has a lot of straight-up horror. The sheer size of its rodent population is enough to stamp it with the horror label. But it will serve as a page turner even for the reader who is aghast at some of the whisker-twitching particulars. PremiosDistinciones
Cuatro venganzas. Cuatro castigos. Cuatro historias que no podrás olvidar «1922» es el primer relato de este cuarteto hipnotizador y desasosegante. El desconocido que habita en Wilfred Leland James despierta el día que su esposa, Arlette, le anuncia que planea vender el terreno que acaba de heredar y trasladarse a la ciudad. Sus palabras lo empujarán hacia la locura, el asesinato y el más agudo de los remordimientos. En «Camionero grande» Tess, una escritora de novelas de intriga, se ve obligada a aceptar la ayuda de un desconocido cuando, una mañana, tiene un pinchazo. El hombre la violará y abandonará al pensar que está muerta. Pero Tess vive y su venganza será terrible. «Una extensión justa» nos presenta a Harry Streeter, un enfermo de cáncer que hace un desconcertante pacto para evitar la mortal enfermedad. Y finalmente conoceremos a Darcy Anderson en «Un buen matrimonio». Darcy lleva veinte años casada con Bob. Su vida es tranquila pero algo aburrida, hasta que un día, ordenando el garaje, descubre una caja de su marido cuyo contenido es tan horrendo como el interior del hombre con el que comparte casa. Una lectura terrorífica para las noches más oscuras. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The acclaimed #1 New York Times and undisputed King of Horror Stephen King delivers four unforgettable short works, two of which were adapted for film, and which Booklist called "raw looks at the limits of greed, revenge, and self-deception." Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form. Includes the following short stories: 1922, Big Driver, Fair Extension, A Good Marriage, Afterword. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Mar. 2014's SK Flavor of the Month - Full Dark, No Stars
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