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If It Bleeds
- ナレーター: Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber
- 再生時間: 15 時間 12 分
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The Outsider
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 18 時間 41 分
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When an 11-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach. But the jailed suspect, arrested in a public spectacle, has an alibi, and further research convinces Detective Ralph Anderson that the coach was indeed out of town. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?
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Camino Winds
- Camino, Book 2
- 著者: John Grisham
- ナレーター: Michael Beck
- 再生時間: 8 時間 42 分
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When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida's Camino Island, the Governor is quick to issue an evacuation order. Most residents flee but a small group of die-hards decide to ride it out. Amongst them is Bruce Cable. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are levelled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded and a dozen people are killed. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce's who wrote timely political thrillers. But evidence suggests that the storm wasn't the cause of Nelson's death - he had received several mysterious blows to the head.
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The Institute
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Santino Fontana
- 再生時間: 18 時間 59 分
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Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use....
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Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 14 時間 22 分
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In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
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Elevation
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Stephen King
- 再生時間: 3 時間 46 分
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Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low-grade - but escalating - battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice.
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Finders Keepers
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 5 分
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A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far - a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes. "Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades.
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The Outsider
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 18 時間 41 分
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When an 11-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach. But the jailed suspect, arrested in a public spectacle, has an alibi, and further research convinces Detective Ralph Anderson that the coach was indeed out of town. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?
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Camino Winds
- Camino, Book 2
- 著者: John Grisham
- ナレーター: Michael Beck
- 再生時間: 8 時間 42 分
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When Hurricane Leo threatens Florida's Camino Island, the Governor is quick to issue an evacuation order. Most residents flee but a small group of die-hards decide to ride it out. Amongst them is Bruce Cable. The hurricane is devastating: homes and condos are levelled, hotels and storefronts ruined, streets flooded and a dozen people are killed. One of the victims is Nelson Kerr, a friend of Bruce's who wrote timely political thrillers. But evidence suggests that the storm wasn't the cause of Nelson's death - he had received several mysterious blows to the head.
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The Institute
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Santino Fontana
- 再生時間: 18 時間 59 分
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Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use....
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Mr. Mercedes
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 14 時間 22 分
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In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
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Elevation
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Stephen King
- 再生時間: 3 時間 46 分
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Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low-grade - but escalating - battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice.
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Finders Keepers
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 5 分
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A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far - a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes. "Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades.
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Sleeping Beauties
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King, Owen King
- ナレーター: Marin Ireland
- 再生時間: 25 時間 22 分
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In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: They become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.... The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.
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Lisey's Story
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Mare Winningham
- 再生時間: 18 時間 52 分
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Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a 25-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, best-selling novelist, and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and "bools". Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went, a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive, or give him the ideas he needed in order to live.
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The Shining
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Campbell Scott
- 再生時間: 15 時間 50 分
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Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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The Guest List
- 著者: Lucy Foley
- ナレーター: Olivia Dowd, Aoife McMahon, Chloe Massey, 、その他
- 再生時間: 9 時間 54 分
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On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families.Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests.One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive.One guest won’t leave this wedding alive....
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End of Watch
- A Novel
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Will Patton
- 再生時間: 12 時間 53 分
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In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.
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The Silent Patient
- 著者: Alex Michaelides
- ナレーター: Louise Brealey, Jack Hawkins
- 再生時間: 8 時間 32 分
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The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband - and of the man obsessed with uncovering her motive.... Famous artist Alicia Berenson shoots her husband in the head five times and then never speaks again. Five years later, forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber must find a way to get Alicia to talk if he wants to treat her. Only then can he unravel the shocking events of that tragic night five years before....
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Ready Player Two
- 著者: Ernest Cline
- ナレーター: Wil Wheaton
- 再生時間: 13 時間 46 分
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Days after winning OASIS Founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous - and addictive - than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest - a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful and dangerous new rival awaits, one who'll kill millions to get what he wants.
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Rose Madder
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Blair Brown
- 再生時間: 17 時間 22 分
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Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after 14 years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won't find her. She'll worry about all the rest later. Alone in a strange city, she begins to make a new life, and good things finally start to happen. Meeting Bill is one, and getting an apartment is another. Still, it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason. Norman is a cop, with the instincts of a predator.
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The Eyes of the Dragon
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Bronson Pinchot
- 再生時間: 10 時間 23 分
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The Kingdom of Delain is at stake when King Roland is murdered and his son and rightful heir, Peter, is framed for the crime. Plotting against him is the evil Flagg and his pawn, young Prince Thomas. Yet with every plan there are holes - like Thomas's terrible secret. And the determined Prince Peter, who is planning a daring escape from his imprisonment.
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Needful Things
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Stephen King
- 再生時間: 25 時間 11 分
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Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed", usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control, and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior.
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Different Seasons
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: Frank Muller
- 再生時間: 19 時間 45 分
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In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In 'Apt Pupil' a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.
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The Dead Zone
- 著者: Stephen King
- ナレーター: James Franco
- 再生時間: 16 時間 12 分
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Meet Johnny Smith. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. Followed by blackness. A long, long time in cold limbo. When he wakes up, life has been turned upside down. His fiancée has met someone else. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men's souls. He's had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. Now he has an ability to see into the future. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous man....
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A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the number-one best seller The Outsider.
News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin.
Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realises there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins If It Bleeds, featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection.
Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' (Sunday Times) - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace, humour, horror and breathtaking suspense. A fascinating author's note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination.
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- Kelly Broomhall
- 2020/11/18
Mostly Great
Very enjoyable stories! The only thing is Will Patton's narration. It's mostly fine but I hate, and have always hated, his narration of Holly Gibney. Like why does he make her talk in such a weird cadence? Very off-putting.
Anyway, The Life of Chuck is especially great.
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- Yumna
- 2020/09/01
stephen king does it again
Brilliant, lapped up every minute of it. The stories, the narrators, it simply works. Can't wait for the next stephen king ride.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020/05/07
Great little book(s)
Loved the first one, could see this being creepier branching into something else later. Enjoyed hearing another adventure with Holly.
Thankyou Mr King :)
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- Edith Soosaar
- 2020/04/24
Modeller and dark dark dark
Is Stephen King a reincarnation of Cassandra or very sceptical person? Who cares. It's brilliant.
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- Abrar
- 2020/04/30
Good story, shame I couldn't continue
*** SPOILER ALERT ***
I wasn’t sure if I should write this review but wanted to share my thoughts. I’ve read King’s works when I was younger and have recently been rediscovering them. I quite liked this story, having listened to The Outsider audio book. I then came across something that I found offensive. There’s a part where a character in a vulnerable position is described as ‘Muslim woman about to begin Isha’. I think it’s bad taste to draw such a parallel.
I still have a lot of respect for this author. In his writing, you get a sense of the kinds of evil corrupt people justify with religion. I’m glad that he does this. But a Muslim woman who chooses to pray is not the same as a terrified woman who has soiled herself cowering on the floor.
P.S. Isha is the last prayer of the day for Muslims. From the description, she could crudely be described as prostrating. The Arabic word for that is Sujud.
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- Ulla
- 2020/05/13
Good story but terrible narrator.
As usual, Stephen King writes a really good story, but I had to give up halfway through because I cannot stand listening to Will Patton.
I must remember not to buy books that he narrates.
Nobody but nobody speaks the way he does when he narrates.
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- Rayid
- 2020/05/09
A narrating dream team
I don't need to go into detail about how good this book is I mean Stephen king wrote it. What really added to the book value is the dream team narrator cast. Each narrator was smartly selected to each story and it was a very entertaining listen.
Thank you for everyone who worked in the production.
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- papapownall
- 2020/04/25
Four great stories from Stephen King
I have to admit first of all that it is a long time since I have read anything by Stephen King. I have watched a few of the film adaptations of some of his famous books though. Having a spare credit this month and seeing this new release I thought I would give it a go. And I am glad that I did as this is a collection of four shortish stories all of which are great. No spoilers but here is an overview of each
1, Mr. Harrigan’s Phone in which a young boy introduces an old man to the joys of an early edition iPhone resulting in mysterious events
2. The LIfe of Chuck which is set in the near future and reminds me of a Black Mirror episode
3. If it Bleeds which is, apparently, a sequel to an earlier work Outsiders and tells the story of links between certain mass casualties over a 60 year period
4. Rat, my favourite of all in which a struggling author is haunted by a talking rat (Norwegian Brown)
These are all unique and compelling and I will certainly go back and explore more of Stephen King's back catalogue on the strength of these stories.
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- steven booth
- 2020/05/04
Superb
Love Mr Kings lastest output. And this is up there with the outsider.
Will patton narration kept me hooked.
Best thing about lock down I could listen to this till the early hours. 10/10
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020/06/15
Brilliant ... as always.
Another great book from S. King. Loved If it Bleeds. More from Holly please. Tnx
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- Fair Play
- 2020/05/28
Stories are Fine. Narration So-So.
I must confess it’s some time since I read any Stephen King. I read a friend’s review of this book and thought ‘yes.’ I was put off by the extraordinary (and ridiculous) price of the Kindle but serendipity came to the rescue – I had a credit for Audible so started listening to the audiobook version.
I am going to tackle this review in stages: one story at a time starting off with Mr. Harrigan’s Phone in which a young boy introduces an old man to the joys of an early edition iPhone resulting in mysterious events.
I enjoyed it. It did lag a bit for me when Craig, the main character, went off to middle school, then it picked up the thread again once he went to senior high. I nearly used ‘pace’ rather than ‘thread.’ That would be wrong because the story is quite pedestrian but nevertheless fascinating owing to the master’s storytelling expertise. I just love his prose and some of SK’s metaphors are outstandingly funny.
The narrator was excellent too bringing to life Craig, his dad, and old Mr. Harrigan.
What struck me more than anything else about this story was King making his points about the wide-ranging effects gadgets, and the Internet have had on society. He makes those points astutely and through his mastery of words, and his characters, he points out the internet is like a gushing water main but gushing information, not water.
Now, poor Mr. Harrigan was amazed at this especially when he knew it was all for free. His business acumen found it hard to comprehend. Harrigan was thinking people get conditioned to ‘free.’ It’s not a good thing. [Note: this was before paywalls, subscriptions, and things like adverts on YouTube].
To be continued.
Part Two
The Life of Chuck
First thing to notice is I have deducted a star from my rating because this second story ... well ... I just didn't 'get it.'
It seems like three or four short stories all cobbled together in some kind of weirdly experimental style. Sorry, Mr. King, it doesn't work for me no matter you are such a talented writer.
Once more, I liked the narration (different narrator, I think), and the prose is sometimes exceptional, almost poetic at times.
To be continued ...
Part Three
If It Bleeds
Yes, I did enjoy the story and it was my first encounter with the character Holly Gibney. I really must go on to read the The Outsider.
One big criticism though. I did not like the male narrator's take on Holly. His "breathless" slightly higher-pitched voice was both rubbish and distracting from the story. I find this amazing because you would think SK's publisher would be able to find a good male/female narration team.
Just started the final story, 'The Rat,' and it sounds good to me. One final thought before I conclude with Part Four after finishing the book, this audiobook does nothing to promote audiobooks. I would rather have read it than listened because in that way I could have heard Holly in my own head as opposed to a pantomime dame impersonation by the narrator.
Part Four
Finished 'The Rat.' I did enjoy it and do think it was possibly the best of all. It was conventional, well written and well narrated with undertones of the 'Shining.' I really liked SK's style in this one as for me, he strives in other stories, and at odd times to show us how clever he is. It irks me as it's not necessary.
Conclusion: Overall 4 Stars for the stories. Three Stars for narration. It's put me off renewing my Audible subscription. I'll stick with eBooks and print in future.
Side note: It took me so long to finish as I was distracted by the 'Outlander' series on Netflix. Loved it!
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- Ella
- 2020/05/13
All-male cast faking women's voices... really?
King is brilliant, he always is. So 5 stars for the story (in this case stories), and since story is what counts most of all, still 4 stars overall.
But what's with the alll-male cast of narrators, faking the voices of female protagonists with irritatingly high pitched 'voices'? Bit like fingernails scratching over chalkboards. No actual women available for this job? Really?
Such a shame, this could have been so much better.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020/10/25
Short Stories
Really well narrated and most of the stories where good, but not sure if I would pick short stories again. I prefer picking a book up and staying with the characters till the end, not have to start to embrace new ones every few hrs of listening.
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- Kaolin Maia Cash
- 2020/06/10
Something for Everyone (no spoilers)
I would not say this is the best, cleverest, or even newest Stephen King publication-date notwithstanding-but I would say that it is a must-read for both new and Constant readers alike. First of all, I'm giving it five stars because it checks all the boxes of a good Stephen King release:
- Culturally 'ept'
- Spooky as all heck
- Exploratory
- Well written
- Fun!
To the new reader:
These are four really good stories that will introduce you to the world of Stephen King. Stop reading this review now, enjoy the book, read a few more, then come back to this review if you even have the capacity to remember ;)
To the Constant Reader:
This has a bunch of stories that are a return to form for a god of horror, and there'll be something for you in here. If you aren't affected by any of them, you'll still enjoy reading each.
This is not the quintessential King story, because there is no such thing; they each bring something new to the table, and this is four stories, each of which brings a different tupperware dish of maybe mac and cheese, potato salad, or some other traditional dish to the "Fun-neral". This is the quintessential King package. It has something for everyone who could possibly, in any world, like anything by Stephen King.
The first of the four stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, reminded me a lot of the project I've been working on myself, a sort of "technology-gone-bad" tale. I'm not new to the horror scene; think of me as someone who scarfs down a vindaloo like it's a bhuna, so this story did not scare me. It did, however, make me really damn curious and I desperately want to know more after finishing it. Immediately after it ended, I paused the audiobook and went to read people's comments on it online. I'm a sucker for something spiritually-mechanical and no matter how much is elucidated in the text, I NEED to know more!
The first of the four stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, reminded me a lot of the project I've been working on myself, a sort of "technology-gone-bad" tale. I'm not new to the horror scene; think of me as someone who scarfs down a vindaloo like it's a bhuna, so this story did not scare me. It did, however, make me really damn curious and I desperately want to know more after finishing it. Immediately after it ended, I paused the audiobook and went to read people's comments on it online. I'm a sucker for something spiritually-mechanical and no matter how much is elucidated in the text, I NEED to know more!
The second, "The Life of Chuck", was my least favourite of the four. This is not because it was bad, but because it was the least succulent flavour to me as a consumer of horror and fantasy. It's the most high-concept of the four, though that's not really saying much; they're all completely accessible, and none use any particularly frivolous concepts, it's just a sort of "what if" brain-think story. I think the reason I didn't like this one so much was because it's something I've thought about and dismissed on my own time, so hearing King's rendition of what I thought of as a tired trope(by no means has this been fully explored by media, though shows like Black Mirror do a good job) didn't grip me as much as it perhaps could have done if I were just... someone else!
"If It Bleeds", the collection's namesake, feels like a lovely return to form since the somewhat lackluster (but still worth reading!!) "The Institute" didn't grip me. I really, really, REALLY enjoyed "The Outsider", and its successor was well chosen to be the eponymous story. I loved getting back to Holly Gibney's world, and while at first I was happy to listen to what felt to me like an epilogue to "The Outsider", I was drawn in to something much more than that, more than the sum of its parts; it's an exploration of its characters and its world, a deeper dive into Holly's experience as a person, and her experiences as an investigator. I listened to this while converting my attic, and I can barely remember doing it. All I remember is being next to the elevator in the Frederick building, mentally biting my nails. What a fantastic several hours I spent listening to this one! What I first thought was a bonus chapter turned into a sequel, then more. While shorter than "The Outsider", it was well-paced and utterly thrilling. I had a literal yell-out-loud-while-driving-screws-into-the-attic-hatch moment toward the end, which may or may not have startled my housemate.
Finally, "Rat" was the story that affected me the most. It shares many similarities with "The Shining". I found this rather amusing, as it's narrated by Stephen Weber in the audiobook version--Weber portrayed the only onscreen Jack Torrance that matters (The Shining - miniseries, 1997, screenplay by Stephen King). I wasn't impressed at first. Almost out of spite, because it felt like he was using tropes to shoehorn a fourth story in here. What this story actually is is an exploration of said tropes, and an expansion of them. It's comfortable to listen to at first, you get drawn in and--in fact, several parts reminded me of Salem's Lot. The fallen trees in rural Maine, for example, which make me feel like I'm entering familiar territory, tricked me into thinking King was retreading old ground. While I could more or less figure out what was happening next, it was powerful as an exploration of what it means to write, and write well. This one really got to me. I was in the shower at one point, hangover headache pulsating as I listened to Weber tell me of the protagonist's plight while trying to write his novel, struggling to pick the right words, and I felt like I was being personally talked down to by King; my own stories suffer in similar ways, and it genuinely upset me to think I may not be able to finish one without the help of some supernatural occurance! While it wasn't my favourite of the four stories (hands down, that honour goes to "If It Bleeds", though my favourite 'flavour' is "Mr. Harrigan's Phone"), it was the one that turned me inside out and made me look at myself long and hard.
No matter what kind of horror you like best--Supernatural, Metaphysical, Mechanical, Magical, or most importantly, PERSONAL--this collection is quintessential in that there will certainly be something here to grip you, and what doesn't /exactly/ tickle your horror bone will still be... Fun!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020/05/23
Story naming
For the purpose of audible books, the chapters and in this case the individual story names , need to be named. This would allow you to easily find the individual stories.
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- Colleen2630
- 2020/09/06
Great stuff
Short stories are not my usual genre and I’m not really into Stephen King but this caught my eye. I’m so glad it did. Great story lines and the narration is awesome. Totally enjoyed it. Highly recommended.
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- Jean
- 2020/05/06
Another great listen from Stephen King
Would have given it 5 if not because of the story "Chuck", honestly, I did not get it. However, I enjoyed the other two stories, King brings out my goosebumps when I listen to his stories. Not as brilliant as Duma Key and some others, but entertaining and engaging enough for a 4 star.
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- LYNNE CEPROW
- 2020/05/05
Disappointing.
I normally love everything Stephen King writes but this one left me feeling the I just hadn’t ‘grasped’ the story..... I did start the book again as I felt I must’ve missed something important.... maybe I will leave it for a bit and then try again.
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- Len
- 2020/04/30
Truly outstanding
All four stories are typical Stephen King at his outstanding best. I was not that enthralled with The Outsider and Mr Mercedes as audiobooks but when I purchased both miniseries for viewing, I loved them both, and the continuation of Holly's battle with an outsider in this book is excellent. . I also listened to both the above audiobooks again and got so much more from them after viewing the series. Stephen is Stephen, the whole world will have listened to his books by now, and you get what you paid for. Brilliant. The reader is also fantastic.
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- Ken
- 2021/01/19
First Stephen King book
4 different stories and a very entertaining book. The narrator was excellent.
Will listen to it again!
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- kevin shrubsole
- 2021/01/08
King as always brilliant
great collection of stories his shorter stories are always a pleasure to read and theses 4 are very good
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- Anonymous User
- 2020/10/29
My only gripe..
Some good stories, however I found Holly's narrated whispered voice hard to listen to. Found the C.B Strike books better
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- Martin
- 2020/10/01
Hang in there, 2nd half of the book is much better!
The 2nd half of the book is great. Want to impressed with the first story. The others are FANTASTIC!
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- Rebecca S. McGaw
- 2020/09/15
Very delighful book.
I think this novel is great! I got a great amount of pleasure listeniing to it,