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NEEDFUL THINGS BY STEPHEN KING 20/06/21 I don’t quite know how to begin my review for this book. What I will say to start with, is you’re almost halfway through the book and you realised all that’s happened is a set up of all the characters in the town of Castle Rock, as there’s so many characters with so many stories but it didn’t feel like a slow start at all. Over the course of the story, things do get pieces together one by one. I love the character of Leland Gaunt as he slowly creates more and more carnage, without any of the characters realising until the very end what is going on. It’s hard to talk about this book without giving it away so I just highly recommend you reading it, I don’t think anyone will not like this book (unless you don’t like gruesome content and then maybe you won’t like it, but I still suggest giving it a go anyway!) Happy reading! Lotte :) xxx

 THE SHINING- STEPHEN KING 05/03/20 Just a disclaimer: On the day of posting this, I have not seen the movie of "The Shining", I knew limited information about it so I have nothing to really compare it to, unlike a lot of books I have previously read where I've seen the films first. That being said, I was slightly disappointed, only because the only thing I knew about it, was that there are twins in a hallway at a hotel and it's really creepy in the film, or something of that extent. But in the book the only mention of the twins is that  used to live there and they got killed. Maybe in the film this is where the creepy bit is? Not sure but anyway, I thought the scary parts were going to involve the girls. I had a surprise with that though. The scary parts were truly terrifying and I can only imagine what they'd be like on a screen. The book has quite a slow start but it's good because it gives you a really insight to the characters (past and present) and a goo...

 CARRIE - STEPHEN KING 21/01/20 I like that the book is based round an event that happens at the prom, but you don't know what happens until the very end, however over time you get more and more details added for you to kind of piece together the story for yourself. So it makes you want to continue reading to find out what happens. The way the book is set out is like a series of police reports and interviews and people telling different stories that all build up to the prom night. And it has an ending that definitely will make you think... It's a very cleverly written book, but do we expect anything less from Stephen King? I found it a fairly easy read. I would pick it up and in half an hour I will have read 30 odd pages. But it was a fun read to. The way King sets a scene will always fascinate me, you always feel like you're actually there in the heat of the action. Carrie is such an iconic story too, so I'm very glad I've read it this early on in the year. It'...