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Summary: terrific
Review: This is the only horror book that has ever made me terrified up to now...I could only manage to put down the book when I needed to sleep, and before falling asleep I used to feel a great urge to look out of my window and try to see whether there was a vampire out there,waiting for me in the utter darkness..
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Summary: My first Stephen King
Review: This Was the first book by Mr. King that I had read. And this was the first time that reading a book had actually scared me. I was down in the basement of my house with only one lamp on, and I could hardly read it. I still get chill bumps just thinking about this book. This book is by far one Mr. Kings best books. I have recommended it to many people. Always insisting on keeping the lights off. If you have never read any King before, or are just looking to be scared out of your mind then don't hesitate to buy this book.
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Summary: IT Bites!
Review: My son, who calls himself "the Bellman," and splits his time between the water world of California and the desert world of Las Vegas, told me that if I wanted a real good scare I should read this book. I am not a big fan of horror. I already had my big scare when my son said he wanted to live "free" and play when he felt like it. My heart pounded. My heart pounded even more when I read this book. King took a leisurely pace, exploring the town, exploring the characters, injecting little unsettling things and then powee! right in the kisser. This book will appeal to horror buffs and non-horror buffs.
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Summary: KING AT HIS BEST
Review: This had to be one of his best works ever. It was excellent with everything you need from a vampire story. It includes a quite small Maine town. This same town becomes inhabited with a vampire. This one vampire turns the whole town into blood sucking vampires. Its up to five people to stop this horrific invasion of the supernatural. One thing you'll find cool about this book it that it ends differently from most vampire stories that I have read. If you like Stephen King, into horror, or into vampires this is an ultimate read.
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Summary: The Definitive Modern Vampire Story
Review: "Carrie" was good, but this is the book that put Stephen King on the map. It has everything that we have come to expect from King's best efforts. It is well-written, insightful and accessible. It has well-formed and believable characters, with whom the reader can develop some connection. It is grounded in an every day, contemporary setting, making the story all-the-more real. It has unexpected plot twists. Above all, it is SCARY. I read this book when it first came out and I was much younger. I stayed home on a Saturday night to finish it, turning down a party invitation to do so (unheard of behavior at the time), and then had a hard time getting to sleep. I was half-expecting one of the Glick boys to be scratching at my bedroom window. Some of King's stylistic techniques have perhaps since become cliched. I am thinking, for instance, of his references to contemporary life, such a brand name consumer products and his beloved Red Sox. These techniques, however, were fresh when "'Salem's Lot" was first published, and the fact that they have become cliched speaks to their effectiveness. I have read many horror books (good and bad) since I picked up this one, but I'm still looking for the book that equals it.
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Summary: Very INTERESTING book
Review: I think that this book was interesting becasue it had a different perspective on the modern day vampire. There were a couple gross scenes in it (and i dont mean blood and guts-if you get my drift) but this book was really enjoyable.I dont recomend anyone under 12 reads it though. *there is violence *there is sexual content *There is tons of swearing But nothin youve never heard before!
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Summary: Taste of This Blood
Review: I don't think many people would argue the fact that 'Salem's Lot is the best novel produced in King's "early period." In some ways, it was a gutsy novel for King to write. For one thing, his editor warned him about becoming viewed as a "horror writer" (as opposed to a "real writer"). All great writers write what they have to write and don't care how it is viewed, so this book really made a statement that this young author loved to write and was going to do it his own way. For another thing, it is a great challenge to write a vampire novel that does not just sift through the ashes of millions of pages already consumed by the public. I wish I could read this book today without knowing so much about it (having first read it many years ago, having seen the miniseries, and having heard and read so much about it since then)--I wonder at what point the wide-eyed reader actually understands that vampirism is responsible for the Evil overtaking Jerusalem's Lot. Literally hundreds of readers have already reviewed this book, so I am sure anything I say is just a rehash of what has already been said. I will mention the fact that this novel is quite different from Carrie, its immediate predecessor. Where the events of that book were somewhat disjointed, this story unfolds quite smoothly. The characters in this book are much more "real" than those in Carrie. Rather than jumping from one viewpoint to another, King's prose now allows itself to take root and grow, yielding a bumper crop of complex, realistic, knowable characters. While I felt as if I were watching the events taking place in Carrie, I felt much more like a character myself in 'Salem's Lot. If anyone out there has yet to read Stephen King, I would recommend reading this novel as your introduction to his work. The blood and gore is there, as it should be, but most of the horror is below the surface, always present and ready to spring out whenever King's imagination bids it to do so. It is a wonderful reading experience. I can picture Stephen King saying to his readers the exact same thing that the vampire says to Father Callahan: "Taste my communion." Millions of us have tasted it, and we have been held under the sway of our master ever since.
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Summary: Scared the crap out of me!
Review: This was a great book, Stephen King does a wonderful job of bringing the folklore of the vampire to life. This story takes place in the little town of 'salem's lot, or more formerly Jerusalem's lot. Slowly but surely vampires start to take over the town, and it's up to Ben Mears, Mark Petrie, Jimmy Cody, Susan Norton, Father Callahan, & Matt Burke to stop them. Mark was my favorite character, since I am a child also, and I love monsters and horror. I reccomend ths book to all King and horror fans.
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Summary: Good story which seemed too short
Review: Salem's Lot was a very good book that seemed almost like it was too short. King, as usual, spends a lot of time developing characters which is a good thing. In all reality, though, it makes it a lot better. I like the way King kept us in suspense at the end of almost chapter or sub section. The characters were hard to keep track of at the beginning of the story (Lot I) but by the end of the story, we knew each and every character, which is another attribute of King's writing style. The story is so masterfully written and the plot flows so smoothly that we expect a huge dramatic ending. But, that is not the case, the ending not even half as good as the story leading up to it. All in all, it was a good entertaining book that will scare you and keep you intrigued till the end
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Summary: Scary!
Review: Vampires have always been something that can make my skin crawl. But Stephen King takes it one step further. This book uses the most vivid imagery of everyday life. It endolds you, and sucks you in (no pun intended) to the plot. The end of the book does not result in a cataclysmic battle between good and evil, but leaves things hanging in the air. The use of child vampires still haunts me to this day. Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" is great reading, even if you are not a King fan!
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