Stephen King’s short story collections are not included in this list.
He personally ranked it belowTheTommyknockersas his least favorite release.
However, he said it had some good ideas underneath it all (viaRolling Stone).
“The Tommyknockers is an awful book.
That was the last one I wrote before I cleaned up my act.
And Ive thought about it a lot lately,” he said at the time.
It was mostly lightweight stuff and the movie that resulted received terrible reviews.
Rose then finds a painting where she sees her life mirrored in the imagery.
King said in his memoirOn Writingthat he was “trying too hard” when writing this novel.
While its story is important, the book’s fantasy elements threaten to overwhelm the true message.
This is far more reminiscent of Charlie Manx’s Rolls-Royce Wraith in Joe Hill’s novel,NOS4A2.
This was the end of theGwendytrilogy and the two authors sought to take it to an apocalyptic level.
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However, the games are dangerous and soon Ben realizes his family might also be in danger.
It also spawned a fun adaptation starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and will get a second one soon from Edgar Wright.
Soon, he begins to shed weight at an alarming rate.
At its core, the novel is about the pressures of weight loss and disordered eating.
Thinner, a 1996 horror film directed by Tom Holland, follows an obese lawyer who becomes cursed with rapid weight loss after a reckless accident. Adapted from the Stephen King novel, it explores themes of guilt and retribution, starring Robert John Burke and Joe Mantegna.
