Beelzebub's library

Short story: Horror, Supernatural. Contains violence, adult situations, and disturbing imagery.  This was the book that was King’s big break; it started him on the path to becoming one of the most well-known authors in the United States of America. Comparing it to   "The Shining" , I think I prefer " Carrie" . To me, it felt like " The Shining"   didn't have a good enough climax to justify how long it took to get there, although it had a great ending, and still boasted some good tension and some cool imagery. " Carrie"  is shorter and thus, in my opinion, better. King’s style is creating characters, and then putting them in danger to scare you. This works, for the most part, and "Carrie" proves that you can use that writing style and still keep the story relatively short. There is some great imagery from King in this book; one particular scene stays in my mind. Carrie White is approaching the prom of her school; she is ...

Novel: Mystery. Contains violence, adult implications, and drugs.  Sherlock Homes is one of the most well-known characters on earth, he has appeared in more movies than any other character, beating James bond by nearly forty movies, and Godzilla by 10 or so. The moment people invented film, they leaped to create the silent film, " Sherlock Holmes baffled" ( it ran less than a minute). 12 or 14 Television series has had an innumerable amount of stage adaptations, each Holmes sporting that same iconic pipe, 25 TV movies, and 19 video games (I got all my information from Wikipedia, blame them if it's incorrect, XD).  So it comes somewhat of a shock to me, that the first book about the great detective was released so recently, and by a writer, who, while having some renown, still wouldn't be most people’s first choice for such a consequential book. Perhaps it’s assumed that it is easier to reproduce Sherlock’s personality on screen than on the page, I suppos...

Novel: Children's book, adventure.  I loved the "The Secret of NIMH" animated film as a child; it was dark and thought-provoking, and still “Kid friendly”. It was like a less brutal version of Watership down . So I decided I should read the book. I was not disappointed, mostly. But the disappointment only stemmed from the book being considerably tamer than the Don Bluth movie (A thing indeed!), the book was still quite the experience, had some very interesting ideas, and made me think while still being targeted at children. This I have to applaud, as I can not stand the dumbing down of media for the "benefit" of children. I believe it to be detrimental, to say the least. The plot is this, Mrs. Frisby, a mouse, has to visit the dangerous and mysterious rats that live under the thorn bush after her son gets caught with the fever and she has to move her entire house (A brick) with him in it, before the farmer uses his tractor to plow the field. It has...