At Castle Rock, Polly Chalmers runs You Sew 'n' Sew and Alan Pangborn is the Sheriff. Leland Gaunt is the newcomer - from Ohio, he says, - and he calls his shop Needful Things. It doesn't matter what the customer wants, Alan Pangborn can get it. From the author of "Carrie".
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'An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing . . . is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading.' (Guardian )
'A sophisticated literary craftsman . . . his work anatomises . . . the social fabric of small-town American life.' (Observer ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'A sophisticated literary craftsman . . . his work anatomises . . . the social fabric of small-town American life.' (Observer ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Stephen King has written some forty books and novellas, including CARRIE, THE STAND and RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (from the collection DIFFERENT SEASONS), BAG OF BONES, ON WRITING and most recently CELL, LISEY'S STORY and DUMA KEY. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including BLAZE (June 2007). He won America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Chris C
Format:Paperback
After reading The Shining I was very quick in wanting to explore more of Stephen King's mastery and see what his other stories had to offer. I managed to get a handful including Insomniac, The Tommyknockers, The Dark Half and 'Salems Lot. However the first one that really grabbed my attention was this story i'm reviewing right now.
Needful Things is set in the town of Castle Rock, Maine, and a new shop of the title's name has just opened, and folks are intrigued by what the store has to offer. Business is flowing for the owner Mr Leland Gaunt, but soon all these happy customers will find they are paying for more than just their possessions.
This story is fantastic in the way that mixes affection with the malice of the whole theme. Much like The Shining, there is almost an elemental of reality in here, and I find the concept of seeing how far people will go to have their needful thing just spectacular.
There's dozens and dozens of characters throughout each with their own identifying features including the three main characters - The Sheriff Alan Pangborn, the girlfriend Polly Chalmers and the charming yet mysterious Leland Gaunt - and with such a huge story its just manageable to remember them all.
Of course, since this is a Stephen King novel, the violence here is absolutely of the richter scale, old grudges come to heads, friendships fall apart and religious beliefs become more than war of words. The images are really good, spot on in fact, that it can paint an image of these scenarios in the reader's mind.
I think as I went through the book, I felt a mixture of happiness, terror, sadness and curiosity, but there was a moment where I didn't feel hooked and did not enjoy it.
Buy this now ! :-) after all 'EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE'
Needful Things is set in the town of Castle Rock, Maine, and a new shop of the title's name has just opened, and folks are intrigued by what the store has to offer. Business is flowing for the owner Mr Leland Gaunt, but soon all these happy customers will find they are paying for more than just their possessions.
This story is fantastic in the way that mixes affection with the malice of the whole theme. Much like The Shining, there is almost an elemental of reality in here, and I find the concept of seeing how far people will go to have their needful thing just spectacular.
There's dozens and dozens of characters throughout each with their own identifying features including the three main characters - The Sheriff Alan Pangborn, the girlfriend Polly Chalmers and the charming yet mysterious Leland Gaunt - and with such a huge story its just manageable to remember them all.
Of course, since this is a Stephen King novel, the violence here is absolutely of the richter scale, old grudges come to heads, friendships fall apart and religious beliefs become more than war of words. The images are really good, spot on in fact, that it can paint an image of these scenarios in the reader's mind.
I think as I went through the book, I felt a mixture of happiness, terror, sadness and curiosity, but there was a moment where I didn't feel hooked and did not enjoy it.
Buy this now ! :-) after all 'EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE'
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Ms. Lj Brook
Format:Paperback
I really loved this book! It is only my 6th SK book, and I think it has completly stood up to the high standards I have learnt to expect from him.
I felt, at the end of the book, like I really know all the characters and was truly interested in what happened to them. At first I found it slightly hard to remember all their names but after a few chapters I got the hang of it. Although, as already said, it had a slowish start, it soon picked up and I couldn't put it down!
I felt, at the end of the book, like I really know all the characters and was truly interested in what happened to them. At first I found it slightly hard to remember all their names but after a few chapters I got the hang of it. Although, as already said, it had a slowish start, it soon picked up and I couldn't put it down!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By CK
Format:Paperback
Well, what a page-turner from the very start! Flying from the Caribbean to Blitey I couldn't put it down. There are a lot of characters in this book which, at times, become tricky to keep up with but they all make for a thrilling read and are essential to the thickening plot. The compelling story about a shop that can sell you anything 'your heart desires' - at a price - whizzes along and by the end its quick, short chapters encourages you still to reach its conclusion (which I'm sure was a clever tool that Mr King deliberately used!)
I have been an avid reader of this author's style for more than 20 years, and this has to go down as one of his best.
I have been an avid reader of this author's style for more than 20 years, and this has to go down as one of his best.
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Gripping
This book gets better the more you read until you don't want to put it down and the ending is great
Published 11 days ago by Mrs May
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Excellent book
Brilliant book could not put it Down can't wait to read the new one Dr sleep, bet it's fantastic x
Published 23 days ago by Sarah
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King at his menacing best
When the shop 'Needful Things' opens in Castle Rock, it has something for everyone, the thing that you desire the most in the world, but to own what you desire you have to pay a... Read more
Published 2 months ago by nicholas thornton
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My favourite King book to date.
I love this book. It has been my favourite Stephen King book for a long time. I like the characters, the plot twists and turns, the descriptive way all the different scenarios... Read more
Published 4 months ago by bozwonk
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good.
Nice character study above all else. Quite often provides that nice shiver up your spine. Maybe slightly long-winded at times though.
Published 5 months ago by Andrew Fox
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
This was the first Stephen King book I read, needless to say it was amazing and I have since read 4 other books by him!
Great story which had me hooked from the beginning :)
Great story which had me hooked from the beginning :)
Published 5 months ago by Mrs.S
5.0 out of 5 stars
Needful Things - need to read!
I know Stephen King principally from his works made into movies. I bought Needful Things at a charity bookstall. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. Lawrence
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, not great.
There's no doubt that SK is a master story teller. I've read quite a few of his books, great stuff, this is good, but just short of his own very high standard.
Published 10 months ago by Iliad
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not sure what all the fuss is about really ---- ridiculous ending...
Found the whole plotline completely absurd....the way simple pranks esculate out of control so quickly and why dont any of the characters realise there the victim of a prank when... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Andy Lovatt
5.0 out of 5 stars
needfull things
excellent book, couldn't put it down. It really makes you think about
whether you actually need things or just want them, as we have all done in the past,
Can't go wrong... Read more
whether you actually need things or just want them, as we have all done in the past,
Can't go wrong... Read more
Published 12 months ago by jan
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