Full Dark Journal 2: 1922



I just finished reading 1922. I liked it a lot.
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1922 is the kind of story King would never write just for reviews. It's the kind of thing that gets written just to please one's self, and the constant reader. But it won't win you a lot of friends among the literary snobs. They might still see him as nothing more than the literary equivalent of a big mac. Of course, the constant reader has learned that the meat in a Stephen King big mac is rat meat.
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This story has a lot of rats. Note the picture above; you can't say you weren't clued in. Lots of them. Disgusting, nasty, horrible, biting, rats. Aggressive little devils. And the queen of the rats rules her minions to do her bidding. It's really quite brilliant, if not disgusting. I'm trying hard not to give away too much, except that this is truly the stuff King fans love; and have been wanting for quite a little while.
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The story plays out like a Shakespeare tragedy. Or, perhaps even more importantly, it is a longer version of Poe's Tell Tale Heart.
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I do not know why the book is titled Full Dark No Stars; but I will venture an opinion having read just one of the four novella's. The book is brutally dark. This is not just a dark story, it is so dark that there is not even starlight. Total blackness. Hopelessness. No redemption what so ever.
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Regarding the all important "hundred acres" (no, it's not a Winnie The Pooh reference), the story is very much about the little man verses big business. In that way it's like a Bachman novel. Roadwork and the Running Man.
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Anyway, here's the bottom line; if you get paid to review books, don't bother with this one. If you read books for the joy of a good story; and if you read King because you love his sick, twisted stories -- then you should rush out and read 1922.

9 comments:

  1. this story is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!))))))!))!))))))!)))))))))))))))))))))!!!@!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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  2. Read a lot of King's books when I was younger. H This story was great!!! This is what I remember back in the day when I read his books as an adolescent. I recommend this to both old and new King fans.

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  3. This was such a wonderfully written, disgustingly graphic story. Something I have been looking for from SK for quite a while. My favorite of the collection.

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  4. It's great to read a story from King that reminds me of his material prior to the accident. Thank you Mr. King for sharing your great story-telling ability.

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  5. I hadn't been reading Stephen's books for the past few years since they got a little "weird" for me. My first plunge back into Kingdomness was "1922" and it's put him back at the top of my list. From page one, it sucks you in and won't let go. Kept me up too late at night "just to read one more page". Scary, sad, exciting, and just an all-around good ghost story that Stephen is best at writing.

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  8. I totally agree with all of the superlatives expressed here for 1922. This is just an awesome story, and definitely one of the creepiest tales that The Master of Horror has ever written,

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  9. hi I was wondering who the artist for the illustration above. It is amazing and I must own it!!!

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