Rating: Summary: King is the true King when he dons the name Bachman Review: This is definately King at his best--King as Bachman (the only time he failed with this name is with The Regulators.) This novel proves to be short, quick, and easy reading, but no weaker in quality because of it--stronger, in fact, than his several hundred page long works. The story is interesting, and adds original elements to the Gypsy Curse plotline. Many readers may find thereselves initially envious of our Lawyer/Protagonists new found diet plan; hit one Gypsy who isn't watching where she's going and you can shed the pounds quickly. But the envy is quickly replaced by horror as a formerly rotund man finds himself anorexic (minus the critical part of the medical deffinition: he does not think he is fat.) This book also makes you question certain aspects of justice and revenge: who is really the "good guy" and who is really the "bad guy." I find that the lines here sway back and forth until they are finally blurred beyond visibility. Also, should revenge be allowed to extend to the avenged against's innocent loved ones? Probably not, but you are still made to think.This is a very worthwhile read, and one of King's Semi-masterpieces.
Rating: Summary: This book is a reason to support book-burnings . . . Review: Under normal circumstances, I would hail Stephen King as a great writer, at least within his own genre. He's imaginative, original and intelligent. But, "Thinner" was a horrible excuse for a book. It was written more like a bad TV-movie than a story to be enjoyed by his hardcore fans. Well, I'm not a hardcore anything. Perhaps if the last half of the book wasn't spent chasing the Gypsies Matlock-style it wouldn't have been so bad. Needless to say, I was entirely bored with Halleck and Ginelli's shenannigans(sp?). Furthermore, I think Stephen King should watch his ethnic stereotypes. All this book needed to validate it as a piece of dog turd was the tiresome cliche that Ginelli was:a gangland type killer. Mr. King's white-guy-makes-good status is getting to his head.
Rating: Summary: ODD,GROSS,INTERESTING. Review: THINNER BY STEPHEN KING IS A NASTY AND GROSS BOOK BECAUSE IT HAD TO MANY SEXUAL STUFF AND CURSING GO ON THROUGH OUT THE BOOK. BUT IT HAD ME HANG ON EVERY CHAPTER I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. THE WAY THE MAIN MAN KEEPED LOSING A LOT OF WIEGHT WAS A ODD THING BUT IT WAS PRETTY COOL. AT THE END IT GOT BORING TO ME HE GUY SHOULD HAVE DIED THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD ENDING BUT THE ENDING WAS GOOD. AND IT WAS NASTY HOW THE MAN GOT THE CURSE WAS ILL ME IT IS SOMETHING THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE READ. BUT I LOVE THE BOOK I HAVE READ IT ABOUT 2 TIMES. AND I WOULD RECOMEND FOR ADULTS.
Rating: Summary: That's the end? Review: This is was an okay book. It was a little hard to get into. The ending left me with mixed emotions. In a way it was memorable, and fitting. Yet, in another way, it doesn't make any sense!
Rating: Summary: The movie doesn't do this book justice, go buy it! Review: Throughout the course of this book, we are faced with characters dealing with moral problems. The book's main character, Billy Halleck, accidentally kills an old Gypsy woman in the road while his wife is performing a certain sexual acts on him. The Judge and the Chief of Police let Halleck off without so much as a slap on the wrist. The woman's father, Tadus Lemke, decides to take vengeance into his own hands, and casts a "curse" on Halleck.The book describes his dramatic weight loss, which is the basis of the curse, as well as his hunt for Lemke's Gypsy Band, and the exciting confrontations that occur thereafter. This is an exciting and riveting book for anyone with a shred of emotion or mental capacity. I recommend you buy this book at all costs, you won't be disappointed!
Rating: Summary: Boring says it all Review: This book was boring. Most of it concerned the main character chasing an old gypsy through New England so he could take a curse away. The only interesting character was the mobster. Anyone could predict the ending fifty pages before. I am a big Stephen King fan and 'Richard Bachman' and this has to be his worst.
Rating: Summary: Different, but still very good. Review: This is a little different than most of Kings books. There is a lot less character development, it just jumps right into the story. Some people will probably like that, since some of his books take 300 pages for the action to start happening. It's a good book with a great ending. The movie is pretty good as well.
Rating: Summary: Shocking -- Shocking -- Shocking! Review: This book is certainly interesting. It's an enjoyable tale about an overweight man who hits an old Gypsy woman while engaging in a sexual act with his wife. Then the woman's father curses him, making him lose weight until he's nearly a human skeleton. Although not one of King's best, this book enthralls the reader. The reader wants to know what will happen. The dialogue is believable and enjoyable (although some sexual dialogue was unnecessary) and the human emotion experienced is true to life. All in all, it is worth it to read this book for the shocking ending. And it truly is extremely surprising. I will not give it away, for that would ruin the joy, but the ending is saddening and mildly disappointing, although extremely satisfying. A recommended read.
Rating: Summary: IS THIS REALLY STEPHEN KING? Review: this is one of the wrost stephen king books i've read. not scary, boring, and dragged. read some SK classics like: the shining, IT, or carrie. this is a waist of time. sorry man, this one doesn't work for me.
Rating: Summary: Thinner Review: This was a better book than Pet Sematary, and I believe it should get better ratings than it so i gave it a better one.
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