Needful Things

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Summary: You can have your cake and eat it too!!
Review: Wow! Some people are better at what they do than anybody else I know is at anything they do. Like Michael Jordan on a basketball court, Stephen King dazzles, amazes and makes it look easy.

Here are all of the great parts of King and none of the bad. As often happens with King, I found myself "almost" routing for the bad guy right up until the gory end. But then, I could hardly wait for him to get what he deserved. I know it is a cliché, but I literally could not put this book down. This is "The Master of Horror" at his best! Buy it. Read it. Enough said.

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Summary: Simply a Must Read
Review: The plot is most intriguing. The novel itself is wonderful. You must read this novel. Any Stephen King fan would read this. Original and innovative, I just couldn't put the book down. The plot was somewhat predictable however.

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Summary: The Best
Review: This is, by far, my favourite novel by Stephen King. As always he frightens us and makes us think. He also makes us think about ourselves and all of our greed. Also, he makes us wonder what we would do for our Needful Things

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Summary: Very intriging, but somewhat slow at times
Review: since i am only 12 years old, this book moved rather slowly. At times it was boring, but the majority it was fast paced and exciting. It was definitly freaky and spooky!

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Summary: Awesome
Review: This is King at his best. The way the charecters are manipulated by the main bad guy makes for a great plot. Okay ending didn't take anything away from this, my favorite King book.

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Summary: Nothing like Stephen King for a bedtime story
Review: I have read a number of books by Stephen King, and I think that this one has a very good idea. However, the realization is somewhat faulty. The book changes rhythm once too often, and some parts are getting a little bit boring, and you have the urge to skip some pages to get to the important part of the story. In conclusion, I think that any reader should take this book with moderate expectations and he will not be disappointed.

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Summary: Exiting, thrilling, and funnt horror fiction
Review: This book is the first Stephen King's novel that I read. this story is funny because of King's special black humor---this novel is hilarious(and cruel) horror fiction. But, it's also chilling story. Mr. Gaunt, who opened "Needful Things" , is the origin of horror. He sold many things that Castle Rock's citizens have really wanted. But, in fact, all things were tricks, and many disasters begin because of his 'small' demand for purchase. What will happen? Only hint is this novel is the last story of Castle Rock, which is Mr. King's fictional town.

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Summary: Stephen King Rips Off Richard Matheson Yet Again
Review: The idea for this story came several years earlier, in an excellent, far-superior short story called "The Distributor" by the true horror master: Richard Matheson. King has made a career of stealing ideas from Matheson. He just took The Distributor and made it longer, but took out it's life and imagination. There's one good scene, but it doesn't justify reading the whole book. Read "The Distributor" and get the story better and faster. Blecch!

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Summary: Interesting Story, very terrifying
Review: Steven King is not only a master at chilling his readers to the bone, but he has been doingit for some twenty years. Three particular novels, one under his pen name of Richard Bachman, all have a common theme of one's deepest fears coming to life. Needful Things, The Regulators (as Bachman), and Cujo, all embody this common theme. Needful Things takes place in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine. The unsuspecting inhabitants of the town are subject to an unknown means of evil. A store named Needful Things, and its proprietor, Leland Gaunt, have terrible things in mind for the people of the town. Any item is for sale, for a small price, and a small prank. Everybody believes that the store is too good to be true, and the town sheriff, Alan Pangborton, knows that this is the truth. The common theme is arises as more and more people are driven to violence due to the pranks. As Leleand Gaunt emerges as a man who is more evil than homely and handsome, the violences also grows. Alan battles for control of his town as it spins into chaos. the deep fear of your neighbors turning against you for no apparent reason is brought up in this terrifying novel when Gaunt and Pangborton finally confront each other in a battle of good and evil. The Regulators is also a novel of mystical things and brutal death. Audrey Wyler and her autistic nephew have been tormented by some unseen evil for many months. When the brightly colored vans come to Poplar Street, Audrey knows that the unseen evil has come to life. The vans are filled with shot gun bearing ghosts who inflict a rain of bullets over the people and houses of Poplar Street. They kill many, and cause incredible suffering to those who survive. The common theme is present when the vans start to shoot, and the people must hide form the ever present drive by shootings. This fear of death is in everybody, and it has also arisen in The Regulators. In Cujo, the force is not mystical, and is far from the evils present in the previous two novels. The evil in this novel, is a former sweet Sanit Bernard dog. When Cujo catches rabies, his family has left and he is left alone. Donna Trenton is suffering form a crumbling marriage, and feelings of despair. When she takes her son, Tad, to the home of the man who can fix her car, she does not know what she will find there. Donna is confronted with Cujo, who is restless and very disallusioned. She is trapped in her car, waiting for anybody to come and help her out of the blistering heat, and rabid dog. The common theme is represented here, by the ever present dog lurking in the shadows, close enough to jump if she tries to escape. The three novels, Needful Things, The Regulators, and Cujo, all embody the common theme of deep, hidden fear coming to life.

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Summary: The 2nd best book by him.
Review: I thought this book was fantastic. It had all the characteristics of a GOOD HORROR NOVEL. In one scene I was actually SHOCKED. Those who read it probably know which one. For me, this happens too infrequently. I highly recommend it.