Reviews

Η μέθοδος αναπνοών by Stephen King

campbellclan's review against another edition

3.0

The novella itself was good. I really enjoyed the first two stories. This last one was ok, didn’t think too much happened and was expecting the main character to be the child at the end since they had so much worked up with him but nope. Just a random story.

will_cherico's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.25

This is one of those unfortunate stories where the framing story feels more interesting to me than the story itself. The Breathing Method has the trappings of a pretty good, almost Gothic story with some pretty good commentary on the treatment of single pregnant women but it falls short of that and just feels boring until the very end. Most of it feels too directionless.

bentobean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

savkitty's review against another edition

2.0

I think it was only bad because all the other different seasons stories were so much better

theaveragegatz's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry

38322009's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

3.68/5

robertmorvay's review against another edition

2.0

Boring, disjointed, and edgy for the sake of it, this book wears its origin as a rushed horror tale to appeal to a publisher on its sleeve, and it simply does not work for me.

toebean5's review against another edition

3.0

Audio. Read by the incomparable Frank Muller. It was good- I think I listened to it somewhat out of context, not realizing it was part of a bigger picture. I almost think that the horror element of this was overstated- like he had to make it a horror story instead of just a hauntingly sad story of a woman trying her best to see her pregnancy through. I liked it, though.

psyco12_2000's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75