If It Bleeds

I was initially going to write my thoughts on each of the stories but after finishing it I realized I was going to be saying the same thing about each of them so I am just going to write my overall thoughts on the book as a whole.

This is a collection of 4 novellas. We have Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, If It Bleeds and Rat. Each story gives me everything I am always wanting in a King novel. Not to much detail and an open and shut ending pretty much which is good except every story just seemed so simple for something written by King.

I don't know if it's because I was fighting a slump all month that I just didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would or what. I enjoyed all of them except maybe The Life of Chuck because that was like 3 separate stories in one and I was left confused at how they all went together and rat had a story within a story that I didn't care for but overall they were all ok.

Yeah so I just thought this was ok. I just had higher expectations for it especially with the synopsis saying “intriguing and frightening places”. I seem to have an unpopular opinion because I keep seeing nothing but good things about it. It's not bad or anything but it's not mind blowing either.