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by Stephen King (Author)
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  • Paperback: 800 pages
  • Publisher: New English Library; New Ed edition (15 Oct 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 045057458X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0450574580
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 68,792 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘You can’t help admiring King’s narrative skills and his versatility as a story-teller’

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‘An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing... is so fluid that you often forget you’re reading’ (Guardian )

‘A sophisticated literary craftsman...his work anatomises...the social fabric of small-town American life' (Observer )

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Essential Horror Story..., 7 Jan 2007
By Chris C "manxdude87" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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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'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of his best, 24 Aug 2006
By Sarah Kay (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a fab book, where Stephen King really captures the small-minded nastiness that we are all capable of. As in so many of his books, there are only a few characters we really like, but a lot we recognise. After reading Needful Things, I couldn't help wondering what my needful thing would be, and whether or not I would buy it!

I would definitely recommend this book, especially if you are new to Steven King and want a novel that won't disappoint.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The bad guy isn't believable, 5 Mar 2004
By Rennie Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This book is more about the scariness of human nature than the scariness of things external to us, and this makes it a great book. You think again and again about what your own response would be to the kind of temptation that the characters in this book are presented with, and you probably find yourself worrying more than a little.

My big problem with this book is that the bad guy, Leland Gaunt, is not believable. What exactly are his motives? In the first part of the book we are led to believe that he is just a mischief-maker, and this I could accept. But then it turns out that his powers are incredible and that his motives are much more malign, and this is where I can't accept things.

Let's face it, this guy is so powerful that he could start WW III without even working up a sweat. So what's he doing setting up shop in a small New England town and messing with the heads of the local yokels? It doesn't make sense, and this spoils what would otherwise have been a really great book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid!!!
You need this book. In the forty plus books I have read this year, 7 Stephen King titles, including the wonderful Duma Key, and that book which is so often said to be his best,... Read more
Published 6 months ago by C.W.Purcell

3.0 out of 5 stars very dull - far from king's best
stephen king is a hit and miss artist of truly impeccable form. one book will be masterful and the next absolutely terrible. for me he just isn't consistent. Read more
Published 12 months ago by T. ANDERSEN

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading.
I can't say I enjoyed this book: I was hooked by the strong narrative line and read it rapidly; I was fascinated by the dreadful logic of the chain of events; I was disturbed by... Read more
Published 21 months ago by A.K.Farrar

4.0 out of 5 stars One thing I have learnt about Stephen King...
is to not base your opinion of his works on the film adaptations of TV movies. This is the third King book I have read so far and I plan to read many more. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2006 by Fingerboardgirl

5.0 out of 5 stars Needful Things is right
A new shop called "Needful Things" arrives in the small Maine town of Castle Rock (where King also set Cujo and the novella The Sun Dog). Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2006 by marky77

5.0 out of 5 stars A needful book to read!
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. Read more
Published on 26 April 2006 by Ms. Lj Brook

5.0 out of 5 stars The Need for Needful Things
Well, what a page-turner from the very start! Flying from the Caribbean to Blitey I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 24 April 2006 by CK

5.0 out of 5 stars Brill, but let down by the ending
The book was great, and although the beginnning was alittle slow, once you get into it, there is rarely more than a dozen pages where nothing much happens. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2005 by J. E. W. Jackson

5.0 out of 5 stars Little shop of horrors!
By far one of Kings best novels, I first read this when i was about 16 and when i re-read it this year, it was even better! Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2005 by shoequeen_uk

5.0 out of 5 stars HOW MUCH IS THAT SPLINTER IN THE WINDOW?!?!?!
I read this book when it was first released around ten years ago .. and as with many of the Kings work I have decided to re-visit it with a more mature!! perspective. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2001 by Mr. Paul J. Stephen

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