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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales in Books

Apr 2, 2020

Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Stephen King | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.3

(16 Ratings)

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Another great collection of stories

I feel like I need to include a preface with all of my Stephen King reviews, or some form of disclaimer, to warn any readers that he is my favourite author so my review may not be as neutral as it could be. Either that or he really is a great writer 😆

Everything’s Eventual is a collection of short stories that I read well over a decade ago, and as short stories require a lot less brain power than a full on novel, I decided to give this a go as I couldn’t recall many of the stories. And overall this is a very good collection of short stories. They’re all well written with developed characters (as you’d expect with King I’m sure), and the stories themselves have all got very good plots and storylines. The stories are all well balanced and there are none in here that are either overly long or too short, they’re very well paced. There are some great stories in here, most notably for me the John Dillinger story ‘The Death of Jack Hamilton’ and the Dark Tower prequel ‘The Little Sisters of Eluria’, but all of the stories are entertaining and very enjoyable. I wouldn’t say there are any amazing standout ‘wow’ stories in this, which is possibly why I’ve marked it down a little from some of King’s other collections of short stories.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated The Starless Sea in Books

Apr 25, 2020

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry

7.0

(5 Ratings)

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This book made me question as to whether or not Morgenstern's @The Night Circus was really as good as I remember.
This is the second novel by Morgenstern, and I was really excited to read it. The description sounds amazing. I liked how the book was organized, cutting to different stories, and all of the references to literature.
However, there was almost zero plot. The main character, Zach, was kind of... no, he was completely boring. Maribel was mysterious, which was alright, but there didn't seem to be a payoff behind the mystery. 'Dorian' was an ok character, but nothing to write home about.
I really liked the first half to 3/4ths of the book, and I thought it was coming to a close. I looked at how many hours were left of the audiobook...

THERE WERE FIVE FLIPPING HOURS LEFT. I was shocked. This book could have definitely been wrapped up sooner. It was just two long, and with a non-existent plot, it made it really hard to get through.

Sorry, this novel was just ok. I only rated it as high as I did because in the end, the beginning was good enough to outweigh the end. If you like literature, and want to slog through this book, go ahead and try. There's no doubting that Morgenstern is a fairly good writer, but but length and need to tighten up the story makes me question the judgment of her editor.