The Dark Half
Ratings160
Average rating3.5
This is the first time I've read something of Stephen King. What a ride. At first I thought the writing was a bit slow but it is definitely worth it. Every detail I thought was not that important it was at the end. Amazing book, I literally felt everything the last few chapters. It kept me on edge, wanting to read more and more every time. 10/10 RECOMMEND
People spend a lot of time saying Stephen King isn't just a horror writer. This book is pure horror. Scary, gory, creepy, altogether a work of terror. It might give you nightmares. Pretty plot-heavy for King, but still his kind of story.
3.5 stars
As is the case with every King book I read I went into this one blind. When I started this book I was really enjoying it and I thought I was going to love it but the ending left me underwhelmed. After all of the buildup I was expecting more from the ending but while it was a good ending it didn't do it for me. I felt like everything was just to clean cut in this one. Overall I still really liked it but it just fell a little flat for me.
This was just ok for me, I think I knew too much about the story before hand to enjoy it fully. No surprises at all, nothing is left to the imagination. The only cool bit is towards the end everyone is saying to sheriff “you must let me know how it all turns out”. That made me think I had got it all wrong, but I hadn't.
Explores the notion of where dark ideas come from for those who write horror or thriller/violent stories. There's a supernatural, physical manifestation of the protagonist's “dark half.” The story builds up quickly into a chilling horror/thriller with a great ending that manages to be just what I want as a reader, “surprising but inevitable.” King's endings don't always work for me. I've read some books of his that were going along so well and then the finale ruins everything. Not so with this one. It's good from start to finish and never a dull moment.
Je crois qu'il s'agit du premier ou deuxième roman de Stephen King que j'ai lu quand j'étais adolescent. J'avais beaucoup aimé cette histoire !
Io posso capire che non si può scrivere tutti i giorni “L'Ombra dello Scorpione”, ma che diamine questo è veramente un libraccio da peggior rigattiere al mondo, con tutto il rispetto. Qui King si cimenta con una situazione che forse lui stesso deve aver provato, dopo aver fatto morire il suo alter ego Richard Bachman di cancro allo pseudonimo dopo che l'avevano smascherato nel 1985. Questo romanzo arriva dopo un blocco dello scrittore e forse era il caso di rifletterci un pochino di più, se si voleva portare la propria esperienza in un libro romanzandola, poteva sicuramente scriverla meglio. La trama è semplice, troppo anche, così prevedibile e noiosa da stancare già da 1/4 del libro: uno scrittore, Thad Beaumont, decide dopo tre libri di successo di abbandonare e quindi uccidere il suo pseudonimo George Stark. Succede che questi se la prende abbastanza e trasformatosi da semplice pseudonimo cartaceo in Grande Cazzuto Cristiano cominci ad andare in giro ad ammazzare questo e quello. Trovo poi l'avvento dei passerotti come traghettatori e castigatori del Grande Cazzuto Cristiano nel finale una cosa abbastanza ridicola. Si insomma gli uccellini a cui si da mangiare al parco che si mettono a divorare vivo il cattivo di turno, idea oltretutto già sfruttata. Caro Re, hai scritto di meglio, tante grazie e usiamo pure queste pagine per dar da mangiare ai passerotti.