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A review by wormfood
Different Seasons by Stephen King
4.0
Different Seasons is something like the 35th Stephen King I’ve read. With 60+ novels/collections in his body of work, I’ve still only read half. But also consider, I average about 30 books a year. I’ve spent a years worth of my reading time on King. I’m familiar, is what I’m saying.
And I say so, because I also want to say that Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is the definition of Stephen King. If you want to know what his style, tone, genre, whatever really is, look no further. It is every one of the 4 stars given.
As for the other three:
Apt Pupil fucked me up, man. Affected for sure. I was moody and unhappy all three days I read this story, and I know it was to blame. My one and only expectation when I sit down with a book is to feel something and it delivered big time.
I hated the movie Stand By Me. I hated its story, The Body. The way our main boy kept insisting he was a writer and then told the most asinine story ever dreamed up as his primo example. Irritating.
The Breathing Method is cool for what it is. Good for an hour of entertainment. Could’ve been more than what he gave it, I think. Like he definitely went down the less interesting route and just called it in. Not a great way to end the collection, fizzling out like that, but whatever.
And I say so, because I also want to say that Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is the definition of Stephen King. If you want to know what his style, tone, genre, whatever really is, look no further. It is every one of the 4 stars given.
As for the other three:
Apt Pupil fucked me up, man. Affected for sure. I was moody and unhappy all three days I read this story, and I know it was to blame. My one and only expectation when I sit down with a book is to feel something and it delivered big time.
I hated the movie Stand By Me. I hated its story, The Body. The way our main boy kept insisting he was a writer and then told the most asinine story ever dreamed up as his primo example. Irritating.
The Breathing Method is cool for what it is. Good for an hour of entertainment. Could’ve been more than what he gave it, I think. Like he definitely went down the less interesting route and just called it in. Not a great way to end the collection, fizzling out like that, but whatever.