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| Title | : | The Dark Half |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 469 pages |
| Published | : | October 7th 1990 by New English Library (first published October 20th 1989) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Fantasy. Supernatural. Mystery. Suspense |
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Paperback | Pages: 469 pages Rating: 3.77 | 119287 Users | 2034 Reviews
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Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it-and signs its crimes with Thad's bloody fingerprints? ________________________ Alternate cover editions: New English Library, 1990 New English Library Early Export Edition, 1990Declare Books Concering The Dark Half
| Original Title: | The Dark Half |
| ISBN: | 045052468X (ISBN13: 9780450524684) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Thad Beaumont, Alan Pangborn, George Stark |
| Setting: | United States of America Castle Rock, Maine(United States) New Jersey(United States) …more Ludlow, Maine(United States) New York City, New York(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Horror Novel (1990) |
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Ratings: 3.77 From 119287 Users | 2034 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books The Dark Half
My first King of 2017 and it certainly did not disappoint! Thaddeus Beaumont (what a great name) is a writer of average success; George Stark is a writer of wondrous success; but Thad and George are the same person. And what happens when your pseudonym that you've tried to lay to rest somehow claws his way up from the grave and goes on a murderous rampage? King's here to tell you!.Based (hopefully loosely) on his own experience of writing as Richard Bachman, King once again delivers a great readGeorge Stark. Not a very nice guy. Stephen King Reread #4 for the year and it was just as brilliant as I remembered!Equal parts warped, dark and brutal, this story is a must read for any King fan.I won't get into the connections between this and King's own life and experience with Richard Bachman. Let's just hope this twisted tale of a 'pseudonym gone rogue' is 100% fiction. I mean, a man gets beaten to death with his own prosthetic arm! That's rough and that doesn't even begin to brush the
But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it. Thad Beaumont wanted to write from the time he discovered that a person could make a living as a writer. He pounded away at the typewriter so much that his parents were beginning to fear that
Before and after reading THE DARK HALF, I read some reviews of this book...as usual, some I liked, and some I didn't. I don't normally argue with someone about their thoughts on a novel- because everyone has a right to their own opinion, but I will say - I really dislike when people call Stephen King a hack. Fine I get it, you don't like him...you will never read another word he writes, but name calling is really unnecessary, and it not only insults the author, but it insults the people who
Well I haven't read "The Dark Half" since I was a teen. I realize now why that was, probably because teen me was bored reading parts of this as adult me was now. I do think that parts of the book are fairly good (I loved the sparrows and the growing realization of who George Stark was) but think that the book gets bogged down a ton with way too much talking that goes nowhere and an ending that kind of fizzles. You end up having to read the other Castle Rock books in order to find out what
This book was just SO damn good! I havent enjoyed a King book so much in a long time. In fact, I think it may just have cracked into my top 10 King books, thats how good it was! Its clear this is a reference to King writing as Bachman and that makes it all the more scary and captivating. You cant help but be drawn in and wonder which half will win the ultimate battle! And the imagery in this book is just phenomenal, I felt like I was watching a terrifyingly creepy and detailed movie come to life
Stephen King aficionados might get a kick out of this geekgasm disguised as a review. It's not all new info, but I didn't know about Guy Pilsbury. If you know who that is (or should have been), you get a cookie. Also, I cannot promise there won't be spoilers, but I will try my best.Okay, we're all clear that Stephen King once wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman, right? Good. And if you didn't know, now you know. Bachman is probably one of the most famous pseudonyms ever created. King didn't
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