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| Title | : | The Dark Half |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary 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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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, 1990
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| 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) |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Dark Half
Ratings: 3.77 From 119287 Users | 2034 ReviewsCriticize Appertaining To Books The Dark Half
King was hitting on all cylinders in this high toned son of a bitch. Still one of my faves.I Promised you a review :) ...he was, after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay. First of all with any Stephen King book the reader must understand that they will be freaking traumatised to some extent and you wont be able to put down his book until the end. So its the best conundrum or maybe the worst. The book itself has the classic King vibe to it, a malevolent haunting story which features a protagonist
Goodreads Book-Buddy Buddy Read with Goodreads Book Buddies Chelsea and Kelly . Thad Beaumont is a writer who wrote under a pen name known as George Stark who wrote terrifying thrillers and was a very bad man. Not wanting to write those types of books anymore, Thad buries George Stark and decides to write his own work. What happens when the pseudonym comes to life as its own entity and decides to go on a murder spree to take revenge and take over Thad's life? All Thad knows is that The Sparrows
3.5/5.0 stars. Not my favorite, but certainly vintage and worth the read. "Stark's grin widened, become a thing of pestiferous splendor." Who else could think to say that? I never grow tired of reading his books.
A totally wild ride! Something I likely wouldn't have picked up on my own as I'd somehow missed this King novel. So glad I did as I enjoyed it much more than expected. As always, SK is a genius at creating characters who are flawed, intriguing, and yet somehow redeeming. I now need to hunt down the film version to compare notes on how it varies from the book. Buddy Read with Amber and Kelly! Woot and double woot.
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
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