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A review by katiescho741
Night Shift by Stephen King
5.0
This is classic King at his best. The quality of these stories is incredible! There's one dud in the whole book, which is "Trucks", but every other story has something going for it. Some of them left me reeling at the end!
I loved Grey Matter, I am the Doorway, and The Boogeyman, and there's a great mix of monster, paranormal, and real horror styles in Night Shift. The realist horror is unsettling and dark, with stories like Quitters Inc and Night Surf. But then you have the crazy monster-type stuff that shouldn't work but, in King's hands, they just do! Stories like Graveyard Shift, I Know What You Need, and Children of the Corn are expertly un-spooled into creepy tales.
This seems to be the place where King started his Easter Eggs. Juresalem's Lot and One for the Road are both mini tales from the world of Salem's Lot, and since I recently read it, they were chilling to read.
I wish King still wrote like this. It feels like someone who has a jumble of ideas but brings them together to make a chaotic and horrifying collection of stories.
I loved Grey Matter, I am the Doorway, and The Boogeyman, and there's a great mix of monster, paranormal, and real horror styles in Night Shift. The realist horror is unsettling and dark, with stories like Quitters Inc and Night Surf. But then you have the crazy monster-type stuff that shouldn't work but, in King's hands, they just do! Stories like Graveyard Shift, I Know What You Need, and Children of the Corn are expertly un-spooled into creepy tales.
This seems to be the place where King started his Easter Eggs. Juresalem's Lot and One for the Road are both mini tales from the world of Salem's Lot, and since I recently read it, they were chilling to read.
I wish King still wrote like this. It feels like someone who has a jumble of ideas but brings them together to make a chaotic and horrifying collection of stories.