If youve been hiding under my big rock for the past few decades and are just catching up on your Stephen King backlog, like me, I highly recommend picking this up.When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son-and now an idyllic home.
As a family, theyve got it all.right down to the friendly car. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth-more terrifying than death itself-and hideously more powerful. The Creeds are going to learn that sometimes dead is better. Take in mind our governer Rick Perry called him A reading mastermind. He is very advanced but still is all the death talk still too much. ![]() ![]() It seems bizarre that I finally chose to tackle this one while having children the same age as Louis Creeds, it was precisely the perfect time to pick this up. I listened to almost the entire book over a 24-hour period while road-tripping, and the experience was u. I listened to almost the entire book over a 24-hour period while road-tripping, and the experience was unparalleled to any Ive had in the scope of reading thus far. ![]() If you havent experienced this version I cannot recommend it highly enough. Rather than a gory, blood and guts type of horror, this is a slow burning, queasy unease that explodes in the final chapters. The suspense nearly did kill me; by the final 25 I found myself wringing my hands and grinding my teeth, preparing myself for the inevitable that I knew was coming, deep down, ever since the beginning. I dont think I could have fully appreciated what King intended to accomplish with this novel if Id read it before having children of my own. Thats not to say that people without kids wont appreciate this as highly, just as statement in my own personal journey. Only King can accomplish so much horror with so little bloodshed. I finished this days ago but have held off on reviewing until now because I feel like Im still processing and I cant stop thinking about everything that occurred to this family. I had spent so much time prior to reading this book in preparing myself for the big things that I was completely taken aback by how connected I became to the Creed family. This is why the detailed, slow burn; if I didnt care about this family, their neighbors, and the town in general, why would what happens at the end stick with me for the long haul Oh sure, I would have gasped and guffawed at the disturbing nature of the plot, but I wouldnt have been emotionally invested.
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