All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...
Advantages: Jack Sawyer makes a belated return, a continuation of The Talisman, some excellent characters, good finale, doubles-up as a highly-effective doorstop
Disadvantages: Huge at over 800 pages long, very little actually happens in the first half of the story, 'Territories' universe barely even touched upon, very disappointing when compared to other works
Way back in 1984, the two giants of the fictional-horror genre that are Stephen King and Peter Straub teamed up to write a unique and spellbinding fantasy novel named The Talisman. The two men combined their immense imaginations to create a Tolkien-esque ...
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Dark Tower Expectations
Advantages: There is an interesting Dark Tower short story in there... somewhere
Disadvantages: Sooo loooooong......!
...By the time I’d heard a few opinions of this book, it was already too late: my pristine hardback copy (the black version – there was also a white binding available: can we say ‘marketing ploy’?!) was perched on my overloaded booksh ...
Calypte 07.04.2002 · Read full review
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More Like Black Death
Advantages: Made megabucks for the authors
Disadvantages: Made megabucks for the authors
...I was initially really looking forward to the publication of Black House, which was supposed to be the sequel of The Talisman, the first collaboration of the two best-selling authors Stephen King and Peter Straub. However, having read some bad reviews of ...
shabbie 19.12.2001 · Read full review
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A Very Black House
Advantages: Engrossing storyline
Disadvantages: Difficult to get started, not everyones cup of tea
This is a book that has had mixed reviews – some people loved it, others didn’t. The main problem that most people have is with the combination of Stephen King and Peter Straub. If you’re a die-hard King fan then you may have some reservations regarding t ...
Coppertop 18.09.2002 · Read full review
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The devil damn thee Black
Advantages: Great prose and characters
Disadvantages: Too long in parts
Phew!
I say this because I feel I have come to the end of a long journey, a trek chartered by two of the masters in horror literature.
Stephen King – no introduction needed. Novels such as Carrie, The Stand and Dreamcatcher have spiralled th ...
Borg 19.09.2002 · Read full review
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