Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town / Runaway Max
Recently the long-awaited fourth season of “Stranger Things” was released on Netflix, and for my part I just finished the remaining two books in the book series of the same name: “Darkness on the Edge of Town” by Adam Christopher and “Runaway Max” by Brenda Yovanoff. Anyway, as you understood, today we’re going to take…
Scouts vs Worms (The Troop by Nick Cutter)
Do you like body-horror? Honestly, I don’t. But book “The Troop” came out with strange reviews: from “Disaster!” to “Masterpiece!” And, as is often the case, the truth, my truth, is exactly in the middle – not as bad as they say, but also nothing special or groundbreaking or anything like that. I will try…
Later by Stephen King
The book I’d like to talk about is the latest Stephen King novel I’ve read so far, “Later”. I read the book back in January. And I had hoped to do the video back in January… but it came out later.
The Good/Evil Writer (Stephen King’s The Dark Half)
Stephen King has some “impenetrable” works — books that are quite difficult to get through on the first try, even though they are not necessarily bad. I’d put The Regulators, Lisey’s Story, Rose Madder, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and, of course, The Dark Half in this category. I attempted to read The Dark…
Lost in the Forest (The Ritual by Adam Nevill)
For a couple of years now, I’ve had a small tradition: once a year, I read a book by Adam Nevill. This year, I’m planning to tackle Last Days; last year, it was The House of Small Shadows, and before that, Apartment 16. It all started, of course, with The Ritual, which we’ll discuss today.
A perfect book that didn’t work out (“Sleeping Beauties” by Stephen King and Owen King)
You know, there are books that, after an absurdly long time, you’re no longer reading — you’re enduring them. You torment yourself, the book, and start ruining all your reading plans. I’m sure you know exactly the kind of books I’m talking about. Well — Sleeping Beauties by Stephen and Owen King is precisely one…
Is She a Murderer? (Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne is one of those Stephen King novels that doesn’t fit into his usual horror mold. There’s nothing supernatural here. Instead, we get a fully developed confession from a woman caught in a murder investigation: she’s suspected of killing her employer. On the surface, this seems to be the crux of the plot—but really,…
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
“I just want some time to be a father!” With these words, in 1992, after a barrage of criticism for his work “On the Way South”, Robert McCammon slammed the door and left the world of literature. It would seem that being a writer is not like being an actor or musician, just sit at…
Massacre on a quiet street (The Regulators by Stephen King)
As a devoted Stephen King fan, I usually need two or three tries to get through some of his “unpassable” novels. But The Regulators was a different story…
Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Thrawn by Timothy Zahn is, at this point, perhaps the best novel (excluding film novelizations) of the new Star Wars canon — at least if you trust the ratings. And it makes sense: this is where one of the brightest characters of the former Legends continuity (the Expanded Universe that Disney de-canonized) is officially introduced…