A review by liseyp
Skeleton Crew: featuring The Mist by Stephen King

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  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Another classic short story collection from King. The big name story in this one is The Mist, which will probably go down as the only King movie to have a bleaker ending than the original short story! 
 
These are mostly properly short stories so easy to binge read or spread them out if your have more self-control than I do. 
 
As always with King’s short stories the things that strike me most strongly are the links to previous novels and the foreshadowing of books to come. But, Mrs Todd’s Shortcut and The Raft stick out particularly as the best stories in this collection. 
 
The horror podcast Talking Scared did a two-part deep dive on some guests’ favourite King short stories and it’s no accident that the majority came from this collection.