Way Past Midnight [Digipak] - Pork Belly Futures

Advantages: 4 novel-length King stories in one volume.
Disadvantages: Some cliché ideas and narration.

...Idly flicking through the Stephen King section on Amazon, I happened to come across 'Four Past Midnight' - a collection of King stories I'd never read before. I purchased it, thinking that 4 stories would be a quick, but entertaining read. So, when it arrived on my doorstep I was somewhat surprised by the hefty packaging and brick shaped book. At a total of 676 pages these stories can, in no way, pass off as 'short'. Realistically, if King had extended them slightly they could all have been sold as novels of a reasonable length. 'Four Past Midnight' allows King to prove to an audience that he can adapt his style of writing to almost any fiction genre. In these four stories, he focuses on his old favourite - horror, with an equally pleasing sci-fi interlude in the form of the first story, 'The Langoliers'. The Langoliers - This is... Read review

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Advantages: Witty dialogue, extremely entertaining with a few laugh-out-loud moments.
Disadvantages: Nonne

...within Connor when he was at his most vulnerable. Years later, Uncle Wayne long dead and Connor having reached the pinnacle of debauchery and callousness, he is invited to his younger brother's wedding. Unfortunately for Paul, Connor agrees to attend, but he's got his own personal agenda, and it has nothing to do with supporting his brother in his decision... instead, Connor plans to save his brother from what he thinks will be a humongous mistake. Fortunately for everyone concerned, Uncle Wayne puts in an appearance and finally takes responsibility for the monster he's created by rounding up three of the quirkiest ghosts imaginable to sort his nephew out. 'The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' is a light-hearted take on the Charles Dickens classic 'A Christmas Carol', the difference being that the main character isn't stingy or outright... Read review

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Advantages: Book scares you into uncontrolled bowel movements
Disadvantages: May cause the reader to go into shock

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