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Notte Buia, Niente Stelle by Stephen King

42 reviews

yanzbanz's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This wasn’t my favorite Stephen King writing, but the Afterword (which I don’t normally pay that much attention to) was what got me rethinking how I absorbed the stories, and the true banality of evil.

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janetreads's review against another edition

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I read one story in full and half of the other. First story a man does a horrible thing to his wife and is duly haunted. Does King really want me to be afraid of this haunting? The man was bad & got whats coming to him in my opinion. Second story starts with the grotesque rape of cute little author woman. The whole description was very clearly a man writing about woman’s trauma thinking he could understand it —but utterly failing to do so. I didn’t want to stomach it. None of the writing made me want to stay reading. It wasn’t terrible writing but I don’t feel like he was using the horror to convey some greater idea. And it was hardly supernatural or anything just the daily horror women live through Just kind of gross. I didn’t finish because I didn’t want to waste my time.

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greenapples8710's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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chs2022's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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kb_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

3.5

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mereho's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I'm glad I stuck it out because the last 2 short stories were the ones I liked best

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jrocbutterfly's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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hellishpelican's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was not expecting to like this collection of Novellas as much as I did. I'd put it up there with Four Past Midnight (one of my favorites). Every story was solid, with Big Driver being my least favorite by a very slim margin. It was still great, I just HATED (but understood) the protagonist's decisions.

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hannahleereads's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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rkbbii's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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