pickIt gets a solid 75%. The third of the four stories (The Body) dragged on and on for no apparent reason, and I could not wait for it to end. The other three were compelling and interesting. Overall, I would recommend.
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After finally getting myself to finish this collection after the third story bombed, I actually enjoyed this one. Talk about a trip. I probably won‘t ever use “the breathing method” if I somehow end up having kids after this though. It has a rather interesting description of birth and pregnancy in it that lawmakers should be forced to meditate on. Just saying.
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Not a fan of the random tangents with the narrator‘s supposed published works. It just pulls me out of the story. I don‘t see the point of them. The language is certainly aged. Absolute over use of “can you dig it?” This dragged on way too long. This is supposed to be Gordie‘s memoir? I don‘t know why, but that made me roll my eyes. Reading this has caused me to question if I really want to see this movie or not. Sorry Wil.
Apparently the next story is the basis for Stand By Me! I had no clue this was a Stephan King story. I think I‘m going to hold off until tomorrow for this one so I can give it the proper attention.
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Holy mother of WTF!!! This one is an absolute TRIP!!! This is actually the story I was told about by a friend at work probably 15 years ago now. It only took me that long to read it, but DAMN it‘s messed up! Two psychopaths are definitely crazier than one!
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I‘ve never seen the movie. This didn‘t feel like King at all. It felt like this hesitantly hopeful story with a happy ending. It was still a really good story.
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One of these short stories has been on my radar for a good 15 years now. I figured I would embrace the season a little (no pun intended) and take this for a spin since it‘s also football season.
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pickThis was a great introduction to Malfi‘s work. It consists of 4 novellas with themes centered around books. All were at least interesting. The author works with familiar themes but places his own unique spin on them. All were at least interesting, but This Book Belongs to Olo lagged behind the others as the characters were too cliched for me. My fave was The Story, a dark tale filled with twists and turns which brought things to a close.
