Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King

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Book Review: Sensational
Summary: 5 Stars

Welcome to Castle Rock, Maine, Stephen King's fictitious town which has held many previous King novels. The book opens up with a prologue type of chapter that describes the town and the people in it. King's vivid imagination is put to use here as he describes many of the characters that will be met later on in the book. Then there is a sign on a store that will be opening soon. The store is called Needful Things. The residents of Castle Rock are all wondering what the store will be like and for the first few pages we understand the characters thoughts about the store. Leland Gaunt is the owner of the store and he sells whatever the customer desires. Whether it is a baseball card, a picture, or an antique. Gaunt charges a small price for everything, but the customers must do a command that is assigned to them. Mr. Gaunt has a whole plan up his sleeve, one that can capture all of the souls of Castle Rock for himself...

One of the best aspects about the novel are the characters. There really isn't one main character as King switches to the stories of many of Castle Rock's residents revolving around what is going on with Needful Things. Because of this the reader isn't stuck with only one viewpoint. We get to see enemies' thoughts through both eyes, which makes the reader have to choose between right and wrong. The reader isn't stuck with the author's take on the scene; that's up to you. Leland Gaunt is the perfect multi-dimensional villain. At times he may seem as the good guy who is trying to help everybody, but then he'll seem like the bad guy that is out to hurt everybody else. In addition to this villain every other character in this book is three dimensional, such as Sherrif Alan Pangborn, Polly, Nettie, Brian Rusk, Ace, and many others that are worth reading about.

To put it simply, Stephen King is a genius when it comes to writing a well crafted novel. This book contains everything that makes a book great. He includes character development, plot development, description, and wonderful writing. This novel flows very quickly and despite its length you will have this superb novel completed in no time. I guarantee you that it will be nearly impossible to put this book down. "Needful Things" works as a thriller or as a novel involving the paranormal. King makes the novel very realistic. This is a work of genius. Read it.

Happy Reading!

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