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Cargando... The Tommyknockers (edición 1987)por Stephen King (Autor)
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Ok, we all know this is a bone-head of a book, but Edward Hermann's narration is wonderful so it makes up for it. ( ) this is the first King book that I remember abandoning in disgust in what an awful book it was. Since then I've learnt that it was around this time that King was in the midst of his cocaine habit and that goes a long way to explain the results - but does nothing to explain why the publishers accepted (and published) it. Could they not just have shoved it in a drawer somewhere? this is the first King book that I remember abandoning in disgust in what an awful book it was. Since then I've learnt that it was around this time that King was in the midst of his cocaine habit and that goes a long way to explain the results - but does nothing to explain why the publishers accepted (and published) it. Could they not just have shoved it in a drawer somewhere? *all reviews pulled from web comments* There's something strange in the woods in Haven, Maine. Bobbi Anderson, out walking her dog quite literally stumbles over it. A few weeks later when Jim Gardener, poet and drunk decides to visit Bobbi, his only real friend, he finds a woman who's changed. Obsessed, intense, she's inventing things, making things happen. She's developed telepathic powers. But oddest and most ominous of all is what she's discovered buried down beyond the end of her garden. In my opinion this is the type of story Stephen King does best, horror in a small town. What I liked most about The Tommyknockers was the vast and complex plot featuring lots of gruesome imagery and the building anticipation surrounding the meaning behind a mysterious object and what the consequences of its discovery will be. The first half of this book is pure character development, the second half is all action. Is it a little overwritten? Maybe, but I still really enjoyed it. So it has some super weird bits (I’ll never look at a Coke vending machine the same way ever again) but I love that. Small town residents go crazy, nastiness, extreme gore and aliens! No one destroys a whole town like Stephen King! If you like strange and unusual, you'll like this. If you are a slow/impatient reader, I wouldn’t recommend this one.
The first third of ''The Tommyknockers'' is wonderful. With his usual eerie effortlessness, Mr. King attaches us to Bobbi and Gard, taunting us with menace neither they nor we can define. When evil starts gobbling Haven with a vengeance, swollen prose and comic-book grue spurt out one authentic gem (a little boy's magic show) and instill in us a creeping terror of good country folks. The last third of the novel is Armageddon, as is usual with Mr. King. Contenido enContieneTiene la adaptaciónPremiosDistinciones
King, maestro indiscutible del genero de terror, se supera una vez mas. Tommyknockers es una novela excepcional y estremecedora que deja una huella indeleble en el lector. En Heaven, una pequena ciudad de Nueva Inglaterra, se produce una misteriosa serie de accidentes y asesinatos. Varios habitantes sufren mutaciones y adquieren capacidad de comunicarse por telepatia. El enigma y la angustia aumentan a medida que se desarrolla el relato hasta alcanzar un sorprendente desenlace. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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