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Book over Movie.

I made the mistake of watching this movie with my friend Simon before reading the book. That was a bad call on my part. Not watching the movie with him because movies with him are always fun but I wish I had watched the movie after reading the book I think I would have enjoyed it much more. The story was well written but anything by Stephen King usually is. I have few complaints if any when it comes to reading his books. This book had some high points and some low points. A high point for me is seeing a book not set in Maine. I know that much of his older stuff is set in Maine and I love when he branches out. This book centers around two main characters who have jointly committed an act of murder, but the story goes beyond the murder itself. To me, the story also reflects harsh and lonely times in the Midwest just after the First World War, and the sometimes-difficult choices that must be made in order to survive. That does not mean in no way shape or form do I agree with the idea of murder, it just means for the sake of this story the murder adds to the darkness of the time in which it was set. The father in this paired duo is a well-educated farmer looking to make his dream of owning land and making a good dent in his own life is driven to madness in order to achieve his dreams but at what cost? I often pick up books that I really can not wait to get my hands on. In this case I needed validation that the book was better then the movie that Netflix put out and it truly did deliver that. Even for a short story it is crafted well and very worth the read.
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Wilf and his wife Arnette have become an unhappy couple over the years, something their fourteen year-old son Henry has to watch. Wilf owns 80 acres of Nebraska farmland that has been passed down to him and he wants to pass it down to his own son, which is what Henry wants too. Arnette owns 100 acres and hates farming and living such an isolated life. When a big pork slaughtering company makes an offer on Arnette's land, she wants to take it and go to the city, even though the company would make the land and water supply a disaster for the other farmers. Wilf and Henry do the only thing they can think of to stop Arnette, but it's the catalyst for for more tragedy. ( )

1922
By Stephen King

This is a King book I missed when it was new. I am just now getting to it. Although it is short, especially for King, it has everything! The creep factor, the human greed, and lots of suspense.
It's about a family on a farm and the woman wants to move to the city. The son is only 14 and would go with the mom. But dad it greedy. He wants it all to himself. He gets the son to help murder the mom and hide the body. They lie and say she ran away. Well, you know in King's books, all literal hell now breaks loose! Lol!
I good short read with ghosts and rats! I was cheering on both! ( )

This is one of Stephen King’s shortest books. I must say, I was not a big fan of this book. It may have been caused to watching the Netflix movie before. I found it hard to finish this book even though it was only 100 some odd pages. I made myself finish it so I can reach my goal of reading 10 books this year (currently at 9!!). This book is about a husband that commits a horrible crime towards his wife and involves their son. He does all this in order to get some acreage before she planed to sell it off to a butchery. The wife haunts the husband and ultimately looses everything he had because of his horrible crime. My favorite part of this book is when he brings his cow inside his house… Other than that it was an OK read. I would not read it again. ( )

Although I'm a Stephen King fan, I really, really disliked this book. I like to read horror, but this one was too grisly for me. There was a lot of animal abuse and suffering (not to mention human), and that stuff stays in my mind. I hate it. That isn't balanced out by the characters. They are all unlikable, but with no redeeming qualities to make me care about them. I kept reading because I was hoping something good would happen. Two stars instead of one because King writes well, but...yuck, just yuck. ( )