Cycle of the Werewolf

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Summary: Not the best Stephen King book
Review: this is the story about a werewolf haunting someplace. it's one episode for each month. some of the descriptions are quite good. but how many werewolf episodes do we need? to be SK this is amazingly little plot-oriented. it is obviously written just for fun (or money). the way it is done, makes you lose interest. no reason to bother with psychology, not much of a plot to grab your attention, etc.

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Summary: Perfect King Primer
Review: This novel, or novella is an excellent introduction to Stephen King. It stays pretty true to Silver Bullet the movie based on it, or it was based on I forget which came first in this case. The book is quite short, so those that criticize King of having a propensity of being a ilttle verboise at times have no ammo in this case. Yet every word is vintage King, his language and style shines through clearly in this tale abaout a werewolve terrorizing the typical small town. I recommend this book as an introduction to King because its short and I find it has everything that has become his trademark over his literary career, just in little less quantity than some of his other works. Cycle Of The Werewolf I would say is the appetizer to whet the readers' appetite for Mr. King's literary smorgasboard of fiction. As an added bonus there are beautiful black and white and colour illustrations throughout story by Berni Wrightson.