Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780340977163
ISBN: 0340977167
Label: Hodder & Stoughton
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: November 12, 2008
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Sales Rank: 327
Studio: Hodder & Stoughton

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Rating: - One more for the collection
Like another reviewer I may be slightly biased when it comes to the literary fiction af Stephen King/ Richard Bachman (R.I.P), I have been a fan since my teens and almost religiously buy each new compilation or novel as it is released.

Just After Sunset has already become one of my favourite SK compilations, for a number of reasons.

The stories themselves are as always very well written, but what makes them really special is that they are all rooted in events we can all ... Read More

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Rating: - King at his best...
I'm a life-long King fan, but have been a little let down by some books in recent years - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, for one example - but I couldn't put this book down and made short work of reading it.

The stories vary in length, some are much longer than others, but there is something for everyone as each tale is quite different in style and content, but they keep you gripped whatever the story. Some of the tales have great twists in them, some are just straight forward stories, ... Read More

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Rating: - A writer of substance
I have to confess that to a certain extent I miss the old days when Stephen King had a simple aim when writing. Scare the reader as much as you can. This has all changed and although he retains the ability he seems more interested in structure & character development. Rather than outright scares the short stories here are either fairly straightforward thrillers or slightly weird. Beneath them all is a strong sense of melancholy & what might have been.
The beauty here is a variety of styles, ... Read More

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Rating: - A mixed bag but overall good Stephen King
Stephen King's output has been a little patchy for the past few years. This has meant that whenever a new book of his comes out my first thoughts are 'is this going to be good Stephen King, okay Stephen King or just plain poor Stephen King?'

With Just after Sunset the answer to that question would be that it is all three - good, okay & poor.

Just after Sunset is a collection of 13 (a very bad number, according to a character in one of the tales) short stories. A few are not ... Read More

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Rating: - Just read the whole book in 24 hours - excellent
I might be biased as I am a Stephen King fanatic but these are his best short stories yet. If you enjoy his work you will love these. If you are new to Stephen King and not sure if you will like his stuff then I would recommend this set of short stories as an introduction. As King is getting older (he turned 60 this year) these stories have a running theme throughout of mortality and what kind of afterlife there could possibly be (In stories such as Willa, The New York Times at Special Bargain rates). He ... Read More

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