The Mist
by Stephen King
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release Date: (Original) 1980
Genre: Adult, Horror, Sci-Fi
Blurb:
In the wake of a summer storm, terror descends...David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies following a freak storm. Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. As the confinement takes its toll on their nerves, a religious zealot, Mrs. Carmody, begins to play on their fears to convince them that this is God’s vengeance for their sins. She insists a sacrifice must be made and two groups—those for and those against—are aligned. Clearly, staying in the store may prove fatal, and the Draytons, along with store employee Ollie Weeks, Amanda Dumfries, Irene Reppler, and Dan Miller, attempt to make their escape. But what’s out there may be worse than what they left behind.This exhilarating novella explores the horror in both the enemy you know—and the one you can only imagine
Review:
This isn't my first technical foray into the works of Stephen King but it's the one I've enjoyed the most so far.
Is it weird that I sort of draw a parallel between the storm that hit the lake by David Drayton's family home and the mad rush at the grocery store that follows or the feeling of being trapped with the survivors in the grocery store? That feeling of hopelessness and wondering if this horror will ever end? Okay, okay... that's the safer-at-home cabin fever talking.
Even so, you have to admit it's relatable in a way. And the build-up and the fear Mr. King weaves into this story is masterfully done.
This is a quick, hard-to-put-down read that I binged in a single evening. I have a love-hate feeling toward the ambiguous end, although like the narrator says, it's Hitchcockian in nature... which in a way can be better than a happily-ever-after ending.
My Rating:
🌟🌟🌟🌟
4 of 5 Stars!
This isn't my first technical foray into the works of Stephen King but it's the one I've enjoyed the most so far.
Is it weird that I sort of draw a parallel between the storm that hit the lake by David Drayton's family home and the mad rush at the grocery store that follows or the feeling of being trapped with the survivors in the grocery store? That feeling of hopelessness and wondering if this horror will ever end? Okay, okay... that's the safer-at-home cabin fever talking.
Even so, you have to admit it's relatable in a way. And the build-up and the fear Mr. King weaves into this story is masterfully done.
This is a quick, hard-to-put-down read that I binged in a single evening. I have a love-hate feeling toward the ambiguous end, although like the narrator says, it's Hitchcockian in nature... which in a way can be better than a happily-ever-after ending.
My Rating:
🌟🌟🌟🌟
4 of 5 Stars!
