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Category: Reviews
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I’ll start by saying: I love the “Argument” section at the beginning. Whoever told King to include a little summary deserves a medal. For people with the memory span of a goldfish (hi, it’s me), it’s a lifesaver. Roland stepping into the role of “Teacher Roland” feels so right — patient when he needs to…
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“I think Davey is the killer,” I said about ten pages in, and honestly, I wasn’t far off to suspect him right from the beginning. From the start, Davey just gives off that energy. He’s timid, indecisive, and almost painfully passive; not exactly the sort of guy who makes you feel confident in his ability…
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Stephen King wastes no time pulling us back into Roland’s story. Where “The Gunslinger” left off on a bleak beach, “The Drawing of the Three” throws us straight into chaos with spider-lobster creatures tearing into Roland and taking two of his fingers and a toe. It’s fast-paced, violent, and immediately makes you worry about his…
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Stephen King’s The Gunslinger is such a strange little book, and I mean that in the best way possible. It’s often called the roughest of the Dark Tower series, even skippable, but I’m glad I didn’t listen to that advice. While it’s true that the style feels different from King’s usual work — more dreamlike,…
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I thought I would really enjoy this concept — and maybe if I revisit it later, I’ll feel differently — but this time it just didn’t land the way I’d hoped. Telepathic and telekinetic children being kidnapped and tested on is a plot that should be right up my alley (hello, Stranger Things), but I…
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There’s no denying that “House of Leaves” is a singular experience. From the first pages, the novel throws you into a disorienting rabbit hole: a book about a man compiling notes about a documentary that may or may not exist, centering on a house that seems to exist beyond the laws of nature. It’s a…
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Agatha Christie had always been a daunting prospect for me, just because a lot of the “classics” I come across never really become my favorite. As much as I can appreciate the effort and influence many of the classics provide — books like “Don Quixote” and “Ulysses”, or even the works of Charlotte and Emily…
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Donna Tartt’s The Secret History is one of those stories that sticks with you long after you’re done reading. In some cases, the novel is found unsettling yet enticingly captivating; others are spent wondering what exactly happened within the 600+ pages they’d just read. I’m a mixture of the two. The best comparison I can…
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Joe Hill’s Strange Weather is a collection of short stories that I would categorize as science-fiction rather than post-apocalyptic or dark fantasy, though I can see those elements interspersed with some of the horrors presented. Each story was different than I’d expected, but I ended up enjoying them a lot more than anticipated! If you…
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