The Dark Half
Ratings83
Average rating3.6
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Ratings83
Average rating3.6
Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent.
He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home.
He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the twisted imagination that produced his bestselling novels.
He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the voice on the phone uttering its obscene threats and demanding total surrender.
But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it--and signs its crimes with Thad's bloody fingerprints?
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Je crois qu'il s'agit du premier ou deuxième roman de Stephen King que j'ai lu quand j'étais adolescent. J'avais beaucoup aimé cette histoire !
Explores the notion of where dark ideas come from for those who write horror or thriller/violent stories. There's a supernatural, physical manifestation of the protagonist's “dark half.” The story builds up quickly into a chilling horror/thriller with a great ending that manages to be just what I want as a reader, “surprising but inevitable.” King's endings don't always work for me. I've read some books of his that were going along so well and then the finale ruins everything. Not so with this one. It's good from start to finish and never a dull moment.
People spend a lot of time saying Stephen King isn't just a horror writer. This book is pure horror. Scary, gory, creepy, altogether a work of terror. It might give you nightmares. Pretty plot-heavy for King, but still his kind of story.
