Beelzebub's library

Novel: Horror, Cosmic Horror, Existential  WARNING! This review not only contains minor spoilers but  views expressed regarding uh, God, and uh, the meaning of existence and such. So if that’s not your thing, turn around.             Yup. So, this is the fourth book of  King’s which I have reviewed. Or is it  the third?  You can check… I’m sure. I’m very tired as I’m writing this, I just got finished writ ing something which was very sapping. I might upload a hint of it.             But, onto the review!             A bunch of folks are all traveling through the American Southwest, and  they end up getting pulled over/arrested/generally dependent on a small town Sherriff who turns out to be exceedingly violent and disturbed.         ...

Novel: Horror, Comedy. Contains adult situations, violence, and disturbing imagery. This review contains spoilers.  When I was young, I lived in a small town in South Carolina. There was a library there, it was dusty and cramped, and had a weird smell. And when I and my siblings visited it, we didn’t really read that much. We preferred to play the games on the computers there. But one day, when I must have been eleven or twelve I entered the back room, the “adult” fiction, and I found a treasure trove of Stephen King books. I had already known about him, I don’t quite remember how I had first heard of him, but I had a very definitive idea of what he looked like. In my mind’s eye, he looked like a nonexistent author from a Scooby-doo cartoon, with slick black hair, thick glasses with a thick neck. As it turned out, he was a scrawny fellow with gray hair and a thin face. But I had been quite enthusiastic about writing, and my love of horror was blossoming at the time. So...

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: Horror. Contains violence, obscenity, adult situations, and disturbing imagery.  This review contains spoilers.  Going into The Shining , on some level, it was spoiled for me.  A lot of the “Will this person die?” stuff is ruined because I *thought* I knew how The Shining ends. I didn't watch the movie, but our pop culture full of spoilers (Especially nowadays), and because I’m not scared easily and bit desensitized, so much of the tension is somewhat ruined. This is the fate of all popular things, to be hailed as incredibly original when it first comes out, and by the time it becomes universally known, it feels full of tropes, since everything and their mother has ripped it off since.  None the less I will try to be subjective, because the book does have scary moments, and I ended up being quite surprised at how it ended. So if like me, you think you know the plot, so you don’t think that you should read the book then think again. Husband,...