Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
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Book Reviews of Skeleton Crew
Book Review: The shorty story is--this is King at his best
Summary: 5 Stars
As popular as Stephen King is as a novelist, he is actually at his best and scariest writing stort stories. The medium reduces his ides to the initial visceral horror that inspired them. On "Skeleton Crew," (his second short story collection after the superb "Night Shift") he starts out with a novella, "The Mist," which is one of his best ever ideas. The rest of the stories are almost uniforly excellent, but the best are probably "The Raft," "Beachworld" and "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut." This is a book that allows King to be mentioned with the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and one of the best horror writers ever.Book Review: King's best collection of short stories.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, without a doubt, King's greatest short story collection. Night Shift was great, but it wasn't as well-written as this one. This book is by a more mature writer. Nightmares and Dreamscapes was at best mediocre. This book will blow you away, however. "The Mist" is one of his greatest novellas. "Survivor Type" is his most gruesome, hands down. Other fantastic stories are "The Raft," "Nona," both Milkman stories ("Big Wheels" is utterly surreal), and "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut." "The Reach" is a literary masterpiece and an excellent finale to a fine collection.Book Review: One of The Top Four Stephen King Books I have read!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this book is outstanding. From the begining it get's you hooked! "The Mist"(the best story in the book) was terrifing and it was so great that most of the stories left you hanging! Especially "The Mist","Survivor Type" and "The Raft". I liked also on the crazy stories like "Home deliveries: Milkman 1", Nona(one the best in the book), "Gramma" and "Uncle Otto's Truck" It was scary and it it made your heart and guts wrentch. I say this is one of his all time classics.Book Review: Hail to the King
Summary: 5 Stars
In an age where we are subjected to such trite as Wing Commander and The Rage (Carrie 2?! What the hell is King thinking? Does he just let people run off with his ideas?) why this creepy tale hasn't been made into a film is beyond me. It would be scary as all hell. But I suppose Hollywood would screw it up, unless they got maybe Craven to direct. Liam Neeson could pull off a cool David. In all, one of the finest of King's novellas. The other stories are pretty good, examples of King honing his craft if nothing else.Book Review: An essential collection
Summary: 5 Stars
Here we see Stephen King at the height of his powers. In 'The Mist', perhaps his best ever novella, the horror is unremitting - King leaves us no way out. I was afraid to go to sleep the night I read it, and I was only halfway through. 'The Raft', however, is a mere gore laden exercise in grand guignol. Delicate constitutions stay clear. Otherwise, there's so much more going on in here, from poetry, to science fiction, horror, mystery, moving, and the outright strange. One of the best grab bags you'll ever see