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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451172815
ISBN number: 0451172817
Label: Signet Book
Manufacturer: Signet Book
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 731
Printing Date: July 08, 1992
Publishing house: Signet Book
Release Date: April 06, 2004
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The #1 bestseller that raises the price of greed...
A new store has opened in the little town of Castle Rock. It has just what you want. But you won't discover just how high the price is until it's too late.
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Another King masterpiece. Again character development is the key ingredient in the fabric of this tale. Like a lot of SK's works, this again shows the human fallibility of ones' character when faced with pain or adversity. A must read for all.
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Almost done with the book, but it is the most interesting book by Stephen King I have read. Not the scariest though. That would go to Salem's Lot, which I also liked a lot (5 stars). I really like the way King creates psychotic characters, and develops them in Needful Things, and then puts them in situations that make them go off. hahaha
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I read Needful Things when it was initially published and watched the movie as well, but in my opinion, there's nothing like hearing this author narrating one of his best works. Mr. King makes this story come alive as he knows firsthand the intonations, local jargon/dialect and feelings of each character because he wrote it. I have a good imagination, but hearing this from "The Horses Mouth" is a rare treat indeed. He evokes humor, creepiness, sympathy and much more. The characters jump out at you and you feel as though you're a citizen of Castlerock. I'm not here to review the content of the book - even though it's one of my favorites. I'm here to convince those that really love it to give it a listen. You won't be disappointed.
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Great read in my opinion. Goes into the true heart of everyone. We all have things we want bad to the point were some people think they need.
Ending could have been more explanatory but overall a great read
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I apologize that this is more commentary than review, but many other reviews go into the details of the plot. Let me just say that this book's Evil One plays his game with people's greatest longings, pitting one against the other, while creating carnage and destruction in the process. As it plays out, it is irresistible. Splendid Stephen King.
However. . .after reading most of the Stephen King novels, I find myself always approaching his resolutions warily. He draws me (and, presumably, you) into a wonderfully imagined situation where average people are enmeshed in some horrific web of evil, at which point he sometimes suffers an imagination cramp (or loses interest?) and starts blowing things up, revealing his Bad Guy as the father of all horrors--usually through a series of skin-splitting, gooey, pus-coated transformations. In other words generally laying waste, over many pages, with familiar Stephen Kingish gadgets.
I was loving Desperation, for instance, but found myself increasingly frustrated by his endless digressions, page after page describing the rotting disintegration or gory destruction of various characters.
The greatest disappointment for me, however, was Rose Madder, where his unusually straight approach to a frighteningly real character--an abused and pursued woman--was sustained until the very end, when he suddenly shoved the whole problem into a painting on the wall and brought on one of his monsters. Perhaps dealing with the plight of a woman cornered by a truly brutal man was more than King wanted to deal with. We'll never know.
So as the dynamite was being planted in Needful Things, I began to hear my Another Apocalyptic Ending alarm. But, happily, it faded. When all the bang boom crash became merely the background for a far more satisfying and original resolution, I found myself much relieved. A contented feller.
The epilogue, in fact, even left me laughing. It's a nice little twist.
Last thing: Was I the only one that found himself/herself snerkling at King's grey humour descriptions of
the Faithful out in the storm, pounding away on each other as their town blows up around them?
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