Full Dark, No Stars
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4.4 • 2K Ratings
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
“The pages practically turn themselves” (USA TODAY) in this collection of four “disturbing, fascinating” (The Washington Post) novellas centered around the theme of retribution from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.
“1922” (also a Netflix original film): A violence awakens inside a man when his wife proposes selling off the family homestead, setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness.
“Big Driver”: A mystery writer is brutally assaulted by a stranger along a Massachusetts back road and plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.
“Fair Extension”: Making a deal with the devil not only saves a man from terminal illness but also provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.
“A Good Marriage”: The trust forged by more than twenty years of matrimony is irrevocably shattered when a woman makes a chance discovery leading to the horrifying implications of just who her husband really is.
Like the #1 bestselling novella collections Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, Stephen King’s Full Dark, No Stars is “gripping storytelling” (People) and “an extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless, and a career high point” (The Daily Telegraph, London).
Customer Reviews
4 good stories
My favorite is A Good Marriage. Worth the price of the book. It’s obviously a take off of the BTK killer, how did he live with his family, hold a job, scout leader, great dad, church leader, all like Dennis Rader and nobody had a clue,especially his nearest and dearest. King capitalized on this poor family’s pain. But hey, gotta sell books.
My thoughts
Book was good! I have been a Stephen King fan as long as I can remember. However... It gets a bit tiresome when in the past 10 years he let's his politics and dislike of the Republicans cloud his storytelling. I mean really Steve you needed to mention Sarah Palin in your afterword! I look to escape everyday realities and take my hard earned money to purchase your novels only to leave with a bitter taste so you can get in a jive or two at the Republicans. When I last checked the Democrats have their share of scandals and look what has become of our country since You Steve and others elected Obama!
I rate this book a 3 could of been a 4 but the political aspect just did me in! This could very well unfortunately be my very last Stephen King book. What a shame!
Creepy and deliciously wonderful at the same time.
SK does not disappoint, as usual. I love this book for the same reason I love all his others...I like to be scared and they gave me a thrill, and because he writes people so well it's uncanny. He doesn't write us as we'd like to see ourselves or as we'd like to be, but as we really are...striving to be good, trying to do the right thing, sometimes falling short...and some so unbelievably evil....wow! A must read!