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Needful Things
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You’ve been here before.
Sure you have. Sure. I never forget a face. Come on over here?
Let me shake your hand! Tell you somethin:
….there’s a storm on the way.
Castle rock, Maine. Where Polly Chalmers runs You Sew and Sew and sheriff Alan Pangborn is in charge of keeping the peace.
But then a new store, Needful Things, opens in town and its proprietor, Leland Gaunt, offers seemingly unbelievable bargains to the people of Castle rock. His prices are too good to be true, but they always come with a catch. Evil little tricks that end up turning all of Castle rock against one another and ultimately the demise of the town.
‘Needful Things’ has quite possibly the best introduction I’ve ever read. The narration is flawless and after the intro the novel is just one giant game…
The evolution of the story happens in a really satisfying way, developing the characters well and making them cross paths, resulting in shocking violent and horrific moments as the tricks requested by Leland Gaunt end up having horrible consequences.
I really liked how Stephen King exploited the greed of humans and how this characteristic can lead people to do horrible things. The book has a supernatural element, but it only serves to give a little push for the characters to show the evil already existing within them.
Leland Gaunt is an incredible villain with such malice and hypnotic purpose. So much viciousness and chaos. It’s incredible. The last 250 pages of the novel were pure mayhem and I absolutely loved it!
Needful things was a wild and crazy ride! Like being on one of those super old wooden rickety roller coasters!! I highly recommend it. It’s a fantastic story 👌🏻
Sure you have. Sure. I never forget a face. Come on over here?
Let me shake your hand! Tell you somethin:
….there’s a storm on the way.
Castle rock, Maine. Where Polly Chalmers runs You Sew and Sew and sheriff Alan Pangborn is in charge of keeping the peace.
But then a new store, Needful Things, opens in town and its proprietor, Leland Gaunt, offers seemingly unbelievable bargains to the people of Castle rock. His prices are too good to be true, but they always come with a catch. Evil little tricks that end up turning all of Castle rock against one another and ultimately the demise of the town.
‘Needful Things’ has quite possibly the best introduction I’ve ever read. The narration is flawless and after the intro the novel is just one giant game…
The evolution of the story happens in a really satisfying way, developing the characters well and making them cross paths, resulting in shocking violent and horrific moments as the tricks requested by Leland Gaunt end up having horrible consequences.
I really liked how Stephen King exploited the greed of humans and how this characteristic can lead people to do horrible things. The book has a supernatural element, but it only serves to give a little push for the characters to show the evil already existing within them.
Leland Gaunt is an incredible villain with such malice and hypnotic purpose. So much viciousness and chaos. It’s incredible. The last 250 pages of the novel were pure mayhem and I absolutely loved it!
Needful things was a wild and crazy ride! Like being on one of those super old wooden rickety roller coasters!! I highly recommend it. It’s a fantastic story 👌🏻
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Oct 05, 2021 07:44PM
I am sorry, Rebecca. My spouse is 10 years ahead of me, this age. I know how young 59 is and wouldn't want to lose him. My Dad is a recent cancer survivor and I spoke to him today, after hearing from you. I am glad it has been long enough for the memories to overpower the longing. Xoxo, Carolyn.
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A terrific review Rebecca !👌🏻👍🏻😀 I am enjoying my King reads this wonderful month of the year as well 🎃 👻 🧙♀️
David wrote: "A terrific review Rebecca !👌🏻👍🏻😀 I am enjoying my King reads this wonderful month of the year as well 🎃 👻 🧙♀️"Thank you David. I’m doing a SK marathon for the month of October. Hoping to squeeze in as many as I can 💖
Lisa wrote: "I've read this book so many times! I freaking adore it! Best thing is the Easter eggs that Day King leaves in other books that pertain to this one!I remember when I first read this, and thought to..."
Omg that's awesome. I've read it just the once and I loved it! I love finding his Easter eggs haha. I haven't read Insomnia yet but it's on the list for this month! 🤞🏻💖
Great review, Rebecca! Maybe I need to give this one a second chance. I got halfway and haven’t picked it back up. I’m glad you enjoyed!
Jasmine wrote: "Great review, Rebecca! Maybe I need to give this one a second chance. I got halfway and haven’t picked it back up. I’m glad you enjoyed!"Thank you Jasmine! I loved this one. It's in my top 3 for sure!! 💖💖
You’ve been here before.Sure you have. Sure. I never forget a face. Come on over here?...i never figured out who THE person was who said that... Great review btw.
Alexander wrote: "You’ve been here before.Sure you have. Sure. I never forget a face. Come on over here?...i never figured out who THE person was who said that... Great review btw."
Haha. No, you never really find out. I always thought of an unnamed narrator and thank you! 💖💖
Swrp wrote: "Rebecca,Nice review. I am planning to read my first King, The Green Mile in a few days. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! 🌺"
Thank you Swrp! I have yet to read that one, I hope you enjoy 💖💖
Muhammad wrote: ""Needful things was a wild and crazy ride! Like being on one of those super old wooden rickety roller coasters!!". Couldn't have been described better, great review!"Why thank you! It certainly was a ride. This book is brilliant! 👌🏻💖💖
Sophie wrote: "Ohhhhh I have to read this one"Yes! I highly recommend this one. It’s nothing short of amazing! 👌🏻💖💖
I’m at 92% of this story already and I just started yesterday. It is wild and insane and I love every page of it 😍
