Reviews

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

rsolo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

For a book about time travel and by the horror guy himself, I honestly thought going into the future was meant to be heaven but it’s literally just the future. Everything up until then was very good, I loved Nick and Dinah etc but I wish we found out more about what happened to Brian

littlelifewrecker's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed the narration on the audio edition. The Langoliers and Secret Window, Secret Garden were my favorites. I'm kind of surprised that I was able to get into it since I typically don't read anything bordering on sci fi or horror. Could have done without the heavy reliance on insanity tropes and use of the R word though.

parkerjordanlee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

alucke94's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

kerush's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed all of these (The Sun Dog the most). I ended up reading most of the book during a power outage, which certainly added to the experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Animal death

alisonkinkead's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

allysavr's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

natashatsimbler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

thinkspink's review against another edition

4.0

4 mini King classics. You did not ask, but I would order them (from best to weakest) -

1)Secret Window, Secret Garden (much better than Dark Half)
2)Library Policeman
3)Langoliers
4)Sun Dog
But I did enjoy them all. All seem to have something particularly nasty to them

readingusername's review

3.0

The Langoliers 4/5
Secret Window, Secret Garden 3/5
The Library Policeman 4/5
The Sun Dog 2/5