A review by justindaze
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

3.0

Full Dark, 4/5 Stars

I liked all the stories. I think my favorite was Big Driver. I found that one very revolting but also satisfying in the end. I thought it was the most interesting story, and kept me on the edge the entire time. It's also the story that surprised me the most. But all of them were pretty darn good.

1922 Started out a little boring for me, and is part of the reason why it took me two times starting this book to finish it, but in the end I liked it. It reminded me of an Edgar Allen Poe Story and I was interested to find out that he'd gotten the idea from Wisconsin Death Trip, a book (and accompanying film) that I really liked.

Fair Extension was my least favorite. Surprsingly, I thought it had the strongest opening and most interesting beginning premise out of all the stories, but I knew where he was going to go with it and so the energy just went out of tale for me and it puttered down to become my least favorite. Plus I ddnt feel it fit the spirit of the rest of the book.

A Good Marriage almost tied with Big Driver as far as favorite story, but I think the protagonist of Big Driver was just a tad more interesting and so that's what pushed it ahead. Still, the inner dialog and premise behind this one was awesome, and I feel that it really showed off King's talent for constructing interesting, believable people and then inhabiting them.

Over-all this was a pleasure and I'm glad I picked it back up after setting it aside for so long. As a side note, let me mention that I devoured this book via the audio recording, and was very pleased with both of the narrators.