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Answered Prayers

byowling Aug 1, 2001
81 Helpfuls 82 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 15 Comments
Pros complex, fascinating; very human characters
Cons complex, too self-aware, juvenile in places, "name-dropping"
Recommended it? Yes

Needful Things is a complex, well-thought-out, carefully constructed horror novel with some very interesting underlying themes. The basic idea is this: a man named Mr. Gaunt opens a shop called "Needful Things" in the sleepy little town of Castle Rock. He sells people things they really, really... Read full review »

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I know just the thing you need...

bydifrentisgood Jan 9, 2001
35 Helpfuls 36 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 4 Comments
Pros a definite page-turner, easily read...
Cons ...but also easily forgotten
Recommended it? Yes

Steven King doesn't get no respect. His books, while bought by the millions, are often snubbed by critics as amateurish fluff. "King's prose is flawed!" they cry. Perhaps, but I find his writing style personable and very readable. Maybe his grammar is less than perfect here and there, but it's... Read full review »

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Need to Read, Even if you're not a King Fan

byKPetzold Mar 20, 2000
20 Helpfuls 21 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Good story line, Edge of your seat suspense
Cons None
Recommended it? Yes

Let me start by saying that I'm not a big fan of scary things, so I've avoided Stephen King stuff most my life. But this past winter that changed. I was on a trip with my husband visiting his family and let's just say I got left behind one day while he went out and hung out with his brother. I saw... Read full review »

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Needful Things - Better Than Average, But Not King's Best

byswoeste Oct 24, 2000
13 Helpfuls 14 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Good story.
Cons Long story.
Recommended it? Yes

Needful Things has many of the hallmarks of a Stephen King novel; a complex plot, an extended list of characters, detailed descriptions, imaginative settings, and sheer size; it's over 700 pages in paperback. However, if you're a veteran King reader, then none of that surprises you, in fact, you... Read full review »

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The Devil comes to Castle Rock

byheb Jun 4, 2000
13 Helpfuls 14 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros full of twist turns, and the dark side of people
Cons not his best, but good
Recommended it? Yes

What would you give for your most prized posession? Something all the money in the world couldn't buy, even if you had the money, which you don't. Would you sell your soul? Most people would not. But what if you were tricked into it. Say you struck a bargain to pay for half and the other half you... Read full review »

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Be Careful Where you Shop...

bywabitt Oct 26, 2001
12 Helpfuls 13 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros excellent plot, amazing characters, scary and intelligent.
Cons weird ending, too many other King references.
Recommended it? Yes

In a small town where everyone knows one another, a town where everyone has friends and enemies in tight packed groups, in a small town like this, everyone has a skeleton in their closet. All it takes is for the right man to open the door.
In NEEDFUL THINGS, this man is a charming old guy... Read full review »

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Needful Book

bydayna13 Nov 7, 2001
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros Vintage Stephen King
Cons Borrowed Plot
Recommended it? Yes

I really needed this book. It didn't cost me a lot, (no pranks mind you) and it filled the void. Whilst not the best Stephen King I have ever read, it is by no means the worst. I had read Misery, Dolores Claibourne, The Tommyknockers and Geralds Game in sequence and I was nearly off King's books... Read full review »

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Pay attention! A roller coaster ride of insanity.

bysrjs Apr 17, 2001
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 7 Comments
Pros A lot of unexpected character connections.
Cons Story moves a little slow in a couple of spots
Recommended it? Yes

If you have seen the movie, please do not let it discourage you from reading the book!

The character connections are incredible. Everyone is doing unto others what is being done to them or what they think is being done to them. By the end of the story everyone has been done unto!
... Read full review »

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This is just what you need.

byshir Jun 17, 2001
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Page Turner, Excellent Character Development, Suspenseful
Cons Lackluster Ending, Bit Too Long
Recommended it? Yes

Needful Things by Stephen King is an interesting, gripping novel. It definitely ranks up there with King's best works.

Needful Things takes place in the town of Castle Rock, Maine, the setting used in many of kings novels. There are many references in the book to other novels that king... Read full review »

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"The Last Castle Rock Story"

byspaceman Jan 5, 2000
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Small town backstabbing taken to a new level
Cons A bit long and drawn out
Recommended it? Yes

While this is not the most "horrifying" book I have read by King, the horror is certainly more real than in most of his other books. The only supernatural presence in this one is one Leland Gaunt, proprietor of the new shop "Needful Things", that once opened, becomes the centerpiece of Castle Rock... Read full review »

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In King s #1 bestselling book, the master of the horror genre takes readers to his famous fictional town for one final visit. A wonderful new store has opened in Castle Rock, Maine. It s a place where you can get anything your heart desires--sexual pleasure, wealth, power . . . but for a nerve-shattering price. Ranks with King s best! --Publishers Weekly.

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