Cose preziose

by Stephen King

Paperback

Italian language

Published by Sperling Paperback.

ISBN:: 978-88-7824-744-4
OCLC Number:: 797414310

(36 reviews)

Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Fraser C. Heston. The story focuses on a shop that sells collectibles and antiques, managed by Leland Gaunt, a new arrival to the town of Castle Rock, Maine, the setting of many King stories. Gaunt often asks customers to perform a prank or mysterious deed in exchange for the item they are drawn to. As time goes by, the many deeds and pranks lead to increasing aggression among the townspeople, as well as chaos and death. A protagonist of the book is Alan Pangborn, previously seen in Stephen King's novel The Dark Half.

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LemmiSchmoeker reviewed Needful Things by Stephen King

Review of 'Needful Things' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

I used to like this book, having read it shortly after it came out. But now, after a reread, I was getting impatient very early on. There is no real story (except for a very basic and literal "evil comes to town"), and practically the only thing that happens is that everybody is getting progressively more crazy. 450 of the novel's 600 pages are listless descriptions of people getting mad at each other for petty reasons. This gets old pretty soon, and the endless repetition of certain details to make sure every reader will get them doesn't help build up anticipation.

tivasyk reviewed Needful Things by Stephen King

Review of 'Needful Things' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

трохи містики, трохи природньо нелогічної поведінки персонажів (що не є типово для кінґа, але нехай). читати можна.

MBybee reviewed Needful Things by Stephen King

Review of 'Needful Things' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It's not... bad.
It's just in desperate need of being edited to 1/3rd the size.
It's basically 3 sections: Concept, Belaboring the Point, Badly written Conclusion with tacked-on Ridiculous Ending.

I quite liked all the HP Lovecraft callbacks.

It has a moral, though, which I think is: "Don't go to New England".