The Dark Half
by:
Stephen King (author)
Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent.He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home.He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the twisted imagination that produced his bestselling novels.He'd like to say he has nothing to...
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Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent.He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home.He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the twisted imagination that produced his bestselling novels.He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the voice on the phone uttering its obscene threats and demanding tota
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN:
071162005950
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 484
Edition language: English
For the "Set in New England" square, I decided to go with a Stephen King book. I chose this one because I used to watch the movie all the time (had a HUGE thing for Timothy Hutton back in the day), and yet I had never read the book. My verdict? I liked it, but I didn't love it. I struggled with it...
I don't like Stephen King's writing. It turns out I like his poetry even less. His poem goes at length to describe the doings and ramblings of The Dark Man, who wanders through desolate scenery, stuff common to King writings. Abandoned circuses, crawling spiders, misshapen scare-crows, etc. Fi...
“But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it...
„Stark: The Dark Half“ ist der dritte Roman in Stephen Kings Castle-Rock-Zyklus. Er erschien erstmals 1989 (in meinem Geburtsjahr) und hat einen deutlich biografischen Hintergrund. Sicher wisst ihr, dass Stephen King nach den Erfolgen von „Carrie“, „Brennen muss Salem“ und „The Shining“ einige seine...
I like the story and the characters but the ending could've been better.