Night Shift

I am stunned to admit that, at 25 years old, having been a fan of all things in the horror world for my entire life, I have only just now completed my very first Stephen King novel. I DNFed his books so many times in my teen years because his writing just wasn't for me. I appreciate his style tremendously more now than I ever did in years past, but won't say that I loved all of the stories in this collection. As I usually do with anthology reviews, I'll break it up in pieces.

⇨ Jerusalem's Lot ★★★★★“The lamb had not been torn or eaten; it appeared, rather, to have been squeezed until its blood-vessels had forcibly ruptured.”

Jerusalem's Lot

⇨ Graveyard Shift ★★★☆☆

⇨ Night Surf ★☆☆☆☆

horrible

⇨ I Am the Doorway ★★★★☆“Beneath the bandages, my new eyes stared blindly into the darkness the bandages forced on them. They itched.”

⇨ The Mangler ★★★★★

⇨ The Boogeyman ★★★☆☆“All I did was kill my kids. One at a time. Killed them all.”

cruel

⇨ Gray Matter ★★★★★

gross

⇨ Battleground ★★★☆☆

Battleground

⇨ Trucks ★★★☆☆

why

⇨ Sometimes They Come Back ★★★☆☆

⇨ Strawberry Spring ★☆☆☆☆

⇨ The Ledge ★★★★☆

The Ledge

⇨ The Lawnmower Man ★★☆☆☆

super

⇨ Quitters, Inc. ★★★★☆

Quitters, Inc.

⇨ I Know What You Need ★★★☆☆

exactly

⇨ Children of the Corn ★★★★★“Something had happened in 1964. Something to do with religion, and corn... and children.”

⇨ The Last Rung on the Ladder ★★☆☆☆

snooze fest.

⇨ The Man Who Loved Flowers ★☆☆☆☆

⇨ One for the Road ★★★★☆

Salem's Lot.

⇨ The Woman in the Room ★★☆☆☆

⇨ AVERAGE RATING ★★★☆☆

however

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