Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
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Book Reviews of Skeleton Crew
Book Review: Chilling in a good way...
Summary: 5 Stars
I always enjoy Stephen King, but this was the first book of short stories I read by him. King conjured up fright inside of me like none other with stories such as "The Monkey", "Gramma", "Ballad of the Flexible Bullet", "Survivor Type"... this book is amazing! I would have to say that two of my favorite stories, not including the ones I just mentioned, don't even ebb into horror - "The Reach" and "Mrs Todd's Shortcut". In "Mrs Todd's Shortcut", Stephen King reaches out to the reader with a strong explanation of the female need to drive. One of my favorite quotes of all time comes from that story! If you get the chance, this book is definitely worth having. After reading this book, I have carried "Night Shift" around with me with much loyalty. Both books are great for a semi-quick story (in most cases) that leaves you feeling fulfilled.
Book Review: A magnificent collection of stories
Summary: 5 Stars
My first collection of Stephen King's short stories was his 1978 release "Night Shift" and I thought it was very good for the most part, and so I bought "Skeleton Crew" right after I bought "Night Shift".
The one main difference from "Skeleton Crew" compared to "Night Shift" is there are more sceens of drama than sceens of horror in "Skeleton Crew", but that's the case through the whole book. Some of my favorite stories out of here are "The Mist", "Monkey", "The Raft", "Nona" and "Paranoid: A Chant". Paranoid is probally one of the most creative short stories from The King I have ever read. "The Mist" is probally the longest storie in the book.
Thier are about 20 short stories in Stephen King's "Skeleton Crew" with a new Into and Outro(there intro's a lot of the reissued edition of King's older, but the Into's new) so its a very soild work, and it should keep the reader sucked in for awhile.
Book Review: Great read!
Summary: 5 Stars
As someone who's read almost every Stephen King book, I can safely say that his short story collections are by far the best things he's ever done. If you liked "Night Shift", you will definitely like this.This book is packed with great stories, but the best in my opinion have to be The Mist, The Raft, The Jaunt, and Survivor Type. The Mist is probably the longest entry (it's actually more of a novella than a short story), but I guarantee you that it will be well worth it. You'll freak out the next time you're driving in heavy fog.
One word of caution, however: most of the stories in this book are great, but there are some bad ones. I would STRONGLY recommend skipping "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet", because it is EXTREMELY long and goes absolutely nowhere. King also wrote some poems which he threw in that don't really serve a purpose, so I'd skip those as well. The rest are well worth the read.
Book Review: Incredible Work
Summary: 5 Stars
In high school I was stuck reading books I didn't really care for, mainly because I didn't have a choice. One day a friend came up to me and handed me a paperback edition of this book. I was entranced. Short stories took on a whole new meaning for me. The first thing I read was The Mist, (naturally, it was at the beginning)and I was blown away. I felt like I was part of that story. The images and feelings were so realistic. I took my friend's advise and went straight to Survivor Type where I found yet another world and an even more perilous situation. There are few happy endings here. The world we live in contains few happy endings and Stephen King reminds us of this. He weaves a masterpiece of deception and unfathomable nightmarish creatures in Skeleton Crew. I highly recommend this along with all of his other books. I have most on Hardcover including this one. Enjoy...Book Review: The best collection of short stories I have ever read
Summary: 5 Stars
From start to finish, this book is just full of lasting images. The parts that affected me most were the ending of "The Jaunt"; the plot twist at the end of "Gramma"; and the entire story "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet", which in its own way is the scariest and saddest story in the collection. I also liked the recurring theme of "Do you love?" which showed up in "The Raft", "Nona", and "The Reach" to tie together the three completely unrelated stories. The only complaint I have with this book are the few stories that seemed rather pointless; namely, the Milkman stories (although the first one was chilling, the second went nowhere) and "The Reaper's Image" (I expected more than a predictable cursed-object story from this imaginative writer). All in all it is an excellent book.