Stephen king needful things the result was kings longest book since it, marking the beginning of a period when his books bulked up. His first book written after conquering his own addictions, this is a compelling story of. The story is about a shopkeeper who runs his business by exchanging goods for money and mysterious deeds performed by the customer. Needful things is the 30th book published by stephen king. I still have my original copy of needful things, which i loved at age 19.
What exactly does a store with such a strange name sell. It is the first novel king wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. How stephen king predicted trumps rise decades ago. Soon hell breaks loose in town with deaths, violence and riot and sheriff pangborn discovers that leland gaunt is the devil. In my opinion, all his best works were written ba before his accident and needful things thankfully is among them. Yet, the true horror of this story does not come from the supernatural though that is present, but. Leland gaunt opens a new shop in castle rock called needful things. Needful things, in addition to sounding like a farewell to an epoch in kings career, also seems to foreshadow things to come. Needful things by stephen king, 9781444707878, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When leland gaunt opens the store needful things, he seems to have the object of desire for each dweller.
He charges small amounts to the things but requests a practical joke for each of them against another inhabitant. A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. The reason for this being that, whilst i love stephen kings writing style, i found that needful things was just a little too long. Also, it sounds like it is all played on a seriously low quality keyboard. But needful things was reduced on audio books, so i got it. That is why while i agree with those who regard needful things as a fairly run of the mill king novel, that doesnt stop it being a pretty wonderful run through a magnificently malevolent mill, and thus a trip definitely worth taking. As a devoted stephen king reader, i have read almost every book he has written. The last castle rock story by stephen king and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Id highly recommend this novel if only to question if anything you own is needful. I decided to read needful things because i loved the show castle rock, which is loosely based on stephen kings works. Needful things by stephen king this fabulous fantasy, suspense and a tint of horror story mixture written and narrated by stephen king, has been considered as one of his best works put on the market so far. The book was published by viking in october of 1991. By the end of the book, i was praying for it to finish. Needful things his first book written after conquering his own addictions, this is a compelling story of how far people will go to satisfy their appetites james.
What do you think of needful things by stephen king. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read needful things. Needful things is a 1991 horror novel by american author stephen king. Stephen king reads from his book, if it bleeds duration. Other than that, i really like the book, and stephen king as a narrator. The book is a first edition and a first printing with a complete print line. The story is set in the small, fictional town of castle rock, maine, where a new shop named needful things opens, to the curiosity of the townspeople. There is a slight lean on the base but the binding is tight. But the music is maybe the worst i have ever heard, both as music, and as an atmospheric device. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Stephen king, quote from needful things he would have been perfectly at home living in a cave and dragging his woman around by the hair when he wasnt busy throwing rocks at his enemies. Needful things is another great story from the amazing stephen king.
Im sorry i havent read any other stephen king books this is the first stephen king novel ive ever read, not counting on writing. Needful things is the name of the towns newest establishment. Stephen king, needful things i still cant believe i enjoyed this book as much as i did but enjoy it i did. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The jolly music during intense scenes really ruin things. Everyone in town seems willing to make a deal at needful things, but the devil is in the details. When this book was released, i think i read it six times back to back. Review needful things by stephen king book bastion. There are entire characters herein that serve zero purpose.
Needful things gives you 950 pages of classic king doing something hes really, really figured out how to do well. King locates his hokey our town in maine, but as ever its really consumerville, usa, with everyones life festooned with brand names. He has created a town full of dozens of characters, each one a unique individual, each connected to each other through myriad complex interactions. Needful things pdf download full pdf read book page. Needful things book by stephen king hardcover with dust. He writes books that pull you in from the first words and they dont let go until the last phrase. Needful things by stephen king 1991, hardcover for sale. Elevenyearold brain rusk is his first customer, and brian finds just what he wants most in all the world. Leland gaunt is a stranger and he calls his shop needful things. Needful things was stephen kings attempt to write the last castle rock story and bring his invented town, which served as the setting for several of his books, to an end.
This book keeps you entranced from beginning to end. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of castle rock, maine, while they waited for opening day. His epic works the dark tower and it are the basis for major motion pictures. It is a novel with a message, a novel with at least the glimmerings. The story starts out in first person with the narrator. Needful things by stephen king witty and sarcastic bookclub. Many of kings books have been turned into celebrated films, television series and. Although labeled as a horror writer, stephen king goes beyond giving his readers goose bumps. Ive read paperbacks repeatedly until they fall apart, and i even read my hardcover copy of it by stephen king until the binding wore out and the c.
I recently started working interstate, so it was an 8hr drive on weekends to see my family. Beyond the blood and gore lie very human stories of love, hate and redemption. Needful things has stephen king at his best in some places and at his worst in others. Its a small town, and stephen king fans might think they know its secrets pretty well. Needful things by stephen king, first edition, viking. Needful things24 stephen king the pain which had nagged her all nightand the attendant fear that alan would tumble to just how bad it waswas suddenly buried under a wave of desire so hard and unexpected that it did more than startle her. As an 40 year old adult i have dropped my 5 star rating down to a 44. The cast is huge and largely grotesque, since kingwearing a tremendous catssmilemeans to close the book on castle rock and blow it off the map in one of his best climaxes since salems lot. I hadnt considered needful things one of those, preferring it and the stand. This was the second book of stephen kings i have read and it will not be last.
He was the sort of man whose response is only completely predictable when he is confronted with superior strength and authority. Nelson and frank jewetts stories could have been left out. Needful things book by stephen king hardcover with dust jacket 1991 1st1st. This was a very immersive narative experience as the author narrates his own book and you as the listener get a priceless insight into how he sees his work. Needful things takes place in castle rock, maine, which is the setting for several of kings stories.
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