Stephen King
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 930 pages Rating: 3.93 | 95228 Users | 1453 Reviews
Particularize Of Books Four Past Midnight
| Title | : | Four Past Midnight |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | New English Library Edition (UK/AUST.) |
| Pages | : | Pages: 930 pages |
| Published | : | 1991 by New English Library (first published October 1990) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Short Stories |
Representaion In Favor Of Books Four Past Midnight
At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instang of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and swithc you into a new and terrifying world.Four Past Midnight: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity...
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Itemize Books As Four Past Midnight
| Original Title: | Four Past Midnight |
| ISBN: | 0450542882 (ISBN13: 9780450542886) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/four_past_midnight.html |
| Setting: | United States of America Castle Rock, Maine(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection (1990), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Anthology/Collection (1991) |
Rating Of Books Four Past Midnight
Ratings: 3.93 From 95228 Users | 1453 ReviewsCriticize Of Books Four Past Midnight
English (Four Past Midnight) / ItalianoFour short novels (not so short, actually) of one of the best contemporary writers out there. The Langoliers (my favorite) carries the reader together with the protagonists into a parallel dimension. The unknown and the fear of what we do not know are the main themes, and the atmosphere resembles that of "The Twilight Zone", the acclaimed TV show. One of the best story I ever read. Secret Window, Secret Garden talks about what I suppose is the nightmare ofYAY! It took 6 months to finish this beast of a book, but I've finally done it. No I'm not that slow of a reader and no it wasn't awful that I couldn't pick it back up....I'm what you call a non-mood/random reader where I pick up book randomly and read half of it then put it down and pick up another book. All of the books that I have on my currently reading shelf is about half way done. I have a problem with reaching the end because I like a lot of books and it scares me to end them. *cough Dark
Average of 3.75 over the four novellas. I think The Langoliers was my favourite! Full review to come.
update Fev. 2017One Past Midnight: The Langoliers - 4*This was a gripping roller-coaster of emotions and actions!I couldn't put the book down, I really need to find out what would happen to the characters. Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden - 4*This one was the novel I was more excited to read. I was expecting to like more than I did. I'm not sure if it was the end, or something else.Three Past Midnight: The Library Policeman - 5*Can a Stephen King story have a happy ending? Seems
This contains two absolutely creepy stories - "The Langoliers", about a planeload of people trapped in dead time and "The Library Policeman" about a childhood boogeyman come alive. It also contains "Secret Window, Secret Garden" - the prototype for the novel The Dark Half. An excellent collection.
3.5 StarsI'm not sure Uncle Stevie knows the definition of a "short" story. The four stories in these collection are more like novellas or short novels. As with all story collections the ratings vary. The Langoliers - 2 StarsThe first story was my least favorite. The premise is great several passengers on airplane awaken to find everyone else on board has vanished. That sounded great but after the first 50 pages the story just dragged and the story was overly long. It just wasn't a fun read.
Then his lids closed slowly over his slightly bloodshot eyes, and Mort Rainey, who had yet to discover what true horror was all about, fell asleep. I usually enjoy Kings short stories and novellas quite a bit. Unlike many, he has a consistent talent with shorter works. Its sort of ironic he shines so heavy in this area considering most of his novels are too long, but I kind of digress here.Unfortunately this was the least favorite Ive read. I have many more to go, of course, so it may not stay
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