The Mist Stephen King Book Review

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The mist stephen king book review. This is the reason the mist is often cited as an inspiration by other authors video game developers and other practitioners of media. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books all of them worldwide bestsellers. Suddenly a violent storm sweeps across the lake and ends as abruptly and unexpectedly as it had begun. I first read it as part of skeleton crew 1985.

A mist harbouring killer monsters envelops a new england town and traps shoppers in a supermarket. It is perhaps the most underrated story written by stephen king. The protagonist and narrator david drayton who has taken refuge with his young son in a supermarket tries to survive against not only the creatur. I remember thinking it s the perfect length for a movie without leaving out any details since movies based on king stories are rarely as good as the books.

The mist is my favorite short story by stephen king. Demented and aggressive the civilised shoppers fight it out. The mist is a psychological horror novella by american author stephen king. Then comes the mist creeping slowly inexorably into town where it settles and waits trapping you in the supermarket with dozens of others cut off from your families and the world.

It s a hot lazy day perfect for a cookout until you see those strange dark clouds. In the story the small town of bridgton maine is shrouded in a dense mist that conceals otherworldly creatures. Stephen king goodreads author 3 95 rating details 112 766 ratings 2 711 reviews. Lovecraft he surpasses him.

First published by viking press in 1980 as part of the dark forces anthology an edited version was subsequently included in king s 1985 collection skeleton crew. End of watch finders keepers and mr. However the movie has a much more brutal ending in my opinion. His recent work includes if it bleeds the institute elevation the outsider sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king and the bill hodges trilogy.

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