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Different Seasons by Stephen King

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patoopato's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

1° conto

história fixolass estive um pouco reticente durante quase o livro todo menos na parte final (ficou mais empolgante and a page turner kind of story)

Tem uma forma diferente de escrever neste conto (not usual from Stephen king (i think))
Ele escreve na sua perspetiva, e a sua perspetiva only. Não se mete na cabeça das outras personagens! Foi bom por isso and also porque a perspetiva dele é de um tema que não costumamos falar, at all, então senti que me expandiu a minha visão sobre esses temas!

Foi o meu 1o "livro" em Inglês então ponderem o que vou dizer a seguir (e a minha poor capacidade de imaginar imagens e cores e caras na minha cabeça)
Achei um pouco difícil de acompanhar, eram muitos nomes e um pouco all over the place a escrita. Havia alguns parágrafos que lia 1 vez 4 vezes e continuava sem entender o que ele queria dizer com aquilo, parecia desenquadrado. (Maybe porque é um livro antigo? Tem expressões antigas?)

Anyways, com o filme espero conseguir vir a finalizar algumas incertezas que tinha whilst reading :)

Ok, 2nd conto.

Bitch what. Han?

Já entendi que a vibe destes contos não é bem uma história mas sim a vida de uma pessoa que corre para o mal. Its a story mas not the usual type pf exciting story.

About apt pupil. Bro if animal cruelty isnt your thing its not worth reading it. The whole book is scary, but not in a suspense, instigating book, but in a psychopath, passive manipulative, toxic, insensitive, uncomfortable, nazist, stupid undiscussable topic, book.

It puts us in the perspective of nazi supporters. And its messed up.
I mean if u are interested in holocaust, i mean is kinda interesting to hate even more on nazi ppl.

I can sum up this novella with: disturbing, obsession

3° conto- "the body"

4 estrelinhas

Foi um conto simples tranquilo, história calma.
O que foi confortável de ler e deu para apreciar ainda mais a escrita ✨FABULOSA✨ de stephen kingggg
Especialmente o capitulo 20! (A prova de quão bem ele escreve)

A escrita é especial porque tu realmente consegues imaginar tudinho, exatamente como ele descreve, crias uma imagem real, vivida, sem dar azo a ficar perdido na minha suposição do contúdo de que escreve.
Mas a cena é que ele não faz descrições muito grandes. Ele é exato no que escreve.

Depois de ler o livro fui ver o filme ("stand by me")
Bro ERA EXATAMENTE COMO IMAGINEI. Todas as imagens que apareciam no filme era cópia chapada da minha visão do filme.
(Recomendo ver o filme, está muito bom)

É básicamente isso gostei do conto, é confortável

Demorei muito a ler, sim.
Mas doesnt mean I didint like like

4o conto
Lê-se fácil e rápido
Gostei imenso da forma como contout a história é muito original mesmo!
Senti é que a parte inicial foi demasiado descrita até começar a ação real!
Ou seja qhe foi mais apressada e um pouco do nada sei lá
Quase forçada
Mas depois do esforço inicial da transição da não ação ~> ação
Foi entusiasmante e muito nice

Parece que ele saber sempre que pormenores escrever para cativar o publico mas que nao aborreça
São mesmo descrições boas e narurais!

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miruna_cls's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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asourceoffiction's review

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dark hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟/5

Just one of the best things King has ever written, in a little over 100 pages. The film does absolute justice to the story (though I'm pretty sure Red was originally a redhead, and Andy is supposed to be short 😂) and it lives rent-free in my heart.

It's amazing how much is packed into such a short story, given how long some of King's books go on (I'm looking at you, The Dead Zone). Andy Dufresne is almost deified the way Red tells it, because he represents hope when life is at its most hopeless. And that's what the whole novella is about, and how it ends. With hope.

APT PUPIL

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

In stark contrast to Shawshank, there's no hope to be found in Apt Pupil. It's a study of darkness, and it only gets darker as it goes on. As the longest of the four stories by far, it's heavy. Todd scares me a lot more than Dussander as he sets everything in motion, and their association just gets creepier. I'd forgotten almost everything about this story except that ending, which haunts me.

THE BODY

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

The first half of this is 3⭐, the second half is a solid 5⭐. It's the classic coming of age story, but has so much beauty and melancholy as the boys get further into their journey and Gordie becomes more reflective. Chris is just a wonderful character.

THE BREATHING METHOD

⭐⭐⭐/5

Wow. I mean... I read this 20 years ago and didn't remember any part of it. I think I repressed it. Only in Stephen King's mind could the Lamaze Method = horror story...

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mmadill227's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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danhinderliter's review

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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jethrov's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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sappypatheticm's review against another edition

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4.5

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sareena's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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laurendart's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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americattt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective tense

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

"Even if I'd known the right thing to say, I probably couldn't have said it. Speech destroys the functions of love, I think that's a hell of a thing for a writer to say, I guess, but I believe it to be true. If you speak to tell a deer you mean it no harm, it glides away with a single flip of its tail. The word is the harm. Love isn't what asshole poets like McKuen want you to think it is. Love has teeth; they bite; the wounds never close. No word, no combination of words, can close those lovebites. It's the other way around, that's the joke. If those wounds dry up, the words die with them. Take it from me. I've made my life from the words, and I know that is so."

favorite short story: the Body

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