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This was my first Stephen King book. As many others have said, King's writing is superb and it's quite easy to get pulled into the book and read for a while. The story is interesting, unique and definitely attests to Stephen King's special mind that comes up with horrific tales and novels.
Although this isn't 'scary' in the traditional horror sense, it was a disturbing read. The book deals with death and grief, while twisting it and making it into something very wrong and disturbing.
The ending does feel a bit short and there's limited closure but I feel that this is a book that's about the journey, not the destination. However, some of the thoughts that reoccur in Louis' mind feel repetitive and after a while it gets old. These moments pulled me away from the story and they felt rather jarring when the same few thoughts repeated in Louis' head five or six times over the course of twenty or thirty pages. Because of this, I couldn't give it a full five stars.
Overall, though, this book is great. King himself considers this to be his scariest book, as mentioned in the intro, but I, as most people, don't find it extraordinarily scary. If you're into more psychological, grief-ridden suspense, this one's for you.
This was my first Stephen King book. As many others have said, King's writing is superb and it's quite easy to get pulled into the book and read for a while. The story is interesting, unique and definitely attests to Stephen King's special mind that comes up with horrific tales and novels.
Although this isn't 'scary' in the traditional horror sense, it was a disturbing read. The book deals with death and grief, while twisting it and making it into something very wrong and disturbing.
The ending does feel a bit short and there's limited closure but I feel that this is a book that's about the journey, not the destination. However, some of the thoughts that reoccur in Louis' mind feel repetitive and after a while it gets old. These moments pulled me away from the story and they felt rather jarring when the same few thoughts repeated in Louis' head five or six times over the course of twenty or thirty pages. Because of this, I couldn't give it a full five stars.
Overall, though, this book is great. King himself considers this to be his scariest book, as mentioned in the intro, but I, as most people, don't find it extraordinarily scary. If you're into more psychological, grief-ridden suspense, this one's for you.
Stunning visuals. This is my first venture into comics and it might not have been the safest choice (given that this series "breaks" several comic book "rules"), I still enjoyed it nonetheless.
I dig all of the color use throughout the novel, especially the warm tones and colors contrasting with the cool tones and colors. It gives the story a sense of depth and a factor if coolness that regular surface-level writing just doesn't achieve.
With Pretty Deadly, the devil is also in the details. Many small details hidden within the intricate art tell their own stories in any given panel. One case in which this happens is when heavy rainfall is coming down on Sissy and Fox while Fox retells his story of sparing Sissy after her birth at the fetid river. As Sissy draws the details of the story onto a banner with a paper brush, the falling rain washes away some of the ink and color, which is reflected in the panel the reader sees. Such cool details like these allow the story and environment to become alive and help immerse the reader that much more.
Stunning visuals. This is my first venture into comics and it might not have been the safest choice (given that this series "breaks" several comic book "rules"), I still enjoyed it nonetheless.
I dig all of the color use throughout the novel, especially the warm tones and colors contrasting with the cool tones and colors. It gives the story a sense of depth and a factor if coolness that regular surface-level writing just doesn't achieve.
With Pretty Deadly, the devil is also in the details. Many small details hidden within the intricate art tell their own stories in any given panel. One case in which this happens is when heavy rainfall is coming down on Sissy and Fox while Fox retells his story of sparing Sissy after her birth at the fetid river. As Sissy draws the details of the story onto a banner with a paper brush, the falling rain washes away some of the ink and color, which is reflected in the panel the reader sees. Such cool details like these allow the story and environment to become alive and help immerse the reader that much more.