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Read it in an hour. Kept me up until midnight. And I can’t wait to read the sequel. The foreshadowing, the anticipation and scare factor were amazingly done
It was a typical King-Story (which I almost always like), but nothing was solved in the end, which bothered my mind a bit. It wasn't like an open end, it was like no end at all. But besides that it was a nice short story.
Gwendy's Button Box was such a pleasant surprise. It serves as a continuation (possibly even a conclusion) to Stephen King's previous novels taking place in Castle Rock, and also references several other of his works. However, this novella also manages to stand on its own feet and doesn't need to hide behind King's more famous efforts. Whereas the premise is not as uncommon anymore after being explored countless times before, Stephen King takes things into a completely different direction with his story and allows his readers to escape into a really interesting story. The premise is actually rather simple: a twelve-year-old girl trying to lose weight is approached by a man dressed completely in black and is given a box by him with a number of buttons. In the beginning, it remains ambiguous what these buttons actually mean, but they end up shaping Gwendy's life nevertheless. The box also includes two levers, one of which gives her magical chocolate everytime she pushes it, and the other one gives her silver dollars. She is only told that each of the other buttons represents a certain continent, but what happens if you push these buttons? Would you, the reader? It's an almost classic formula, perhaps most well-known thanks to Richard Matheson's short story [b:Button, Button: Uncanny Stories|754250|Button, Button Uncanny Stories|Richard Matheson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1323418364l/754250._SY75_.jpg|740369]. But King includes so many different twists and turns and actually manages to induce this formula with new breath. It's an immersive, engaging novella which can easily be read in the course of two hours, and proves that King hasn't lost his ability to tell wonderful stories. At just a little over 100 pages, it struck me the most how the characters were portrayed in such a thoughtful way. Even if you might expect the focus to be lying on the plot development, King still always manages to create memorable characters who drive the story along themselves.
*3.5/5
Diese Mal habe ich es als Hörbuch gehört, was mich kaum überzeugen konnte. Angefangen habe ich es im Mai mit meinem Freund auf dem Weg in den Urlaub im Auto, auf der Rückfahrt haben wir aber nicht weiter gehört und es ist während des Umzuges untergegangen. Die Sprecherin hat mir aber kaum gefallen jnd die Geschichte war nicht annähernd so spannend wie wenn man sie selbst liest.
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Read it in an hour. Kept me up until midnight. And I can’t wait to read the sequel. The foreshadowing, the anticipation and scare factor were amazingly done
It was a typical King-Story (which I almost always like), but nothing was solved in the end, which bothered my mind a bit. It wasn't like an open end, it was like no end at all. But besides that it was a nice short story.
Gwendy's Button Box was such a pleasant surprise. It serves as a continuation (possibly even a conclusion) to Stephen King's previous novels taking place in Castle Rock, and also references several other of his works. However, this novella also manages to stand on its own feet and doesn't need to hide behind King's more famous efforts. Whereas the premise is not as uncommon anymore after being explored countless times before, Stephen King takes things into a completely different direction with his story and allows his readers to escape into a really interesting story. The premise is actually rather simple: a twelve-year-old girl trying to lose weight is approached by a man dressed completely in black and is given a box by him with a number of buttons. In the beginning, it remains ambiguous what these buttons actually mean, but they end up shaping Gwendy's life nevertheless. The box also includes two levers, one of which gives her magical chocolate everytime she pushes it, and the other one gives her silver dollars. She is only told that each of the other buttons represents a certain continent, but what happens if you push these buttons? Would you, the reader? It's an almost classic formula, perhaps most well-known thanks to Richard Matheson's short story [b:Button, Button: Uncanny Stories|754250|Button, Button Uncanny Stories|Richard Matheson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1323418364l/754250._SY75_.jpg|740369]. But King includes so many different twists and turns and actually manages to induce this formula with new breath. It's an immersive, engaging novella which can easily be read in the course of two hours, and proves that King hasn't lost his ability to tell wonderful stories. At just a little over 100 pages, it struck me the most how the characters were portrayed in such a thoughtful way. Even if you might expect the focus to be lying on the plot development, King still always manages to create memorable characters who drive the story along themselves.
*3.5/5
Diese Mal habe ich es als Hörbuch gehört, was mich kaum überzeugen konnte. Angefangen habe ich es im Mai mit meinem Freund auf dem Weg in den Urlaub im Auto, auf der Rückfahrt haben wir aber nicht weiter gehört und es ist während des Umzuges untergegangen. Die Sprecherin hat mir aber kaum gefallen jnd die Geschichte war nicht annähernd so spannend wie wenn man sie selbst liest.