Thinner (Stephen King)

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    spike65

    Wed Dec 10 2008

    One of Kings' best short novels. Good story and fairly well written. Recommended.

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    justareader

    Thu Jul 03 2008

    I thought this was a well written book overall. It gets wordy at times through the book but not to bad. I really think the ending suited the orginal crime it came back to him one way or another and instead of live life without his wife and daughter he made the choice to die with them. Even the italian thug who helps billy gets what he deserved in the end. I watched the movie along time before I read the book and let me tell you the book is so much better in my opinion.

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    mmafan1546

    Sun Apr 13 2008

    I thought this was a good book. I don't think it drags on like people say, although im the kind of person that likes details after details. I haven't read many Stephen King books so I can't really judge it based on others(which seems to be what reviewers are doing). "A lot of guys don't believe what they are seeing, especially if it gets in the way of what they think or believe"(Page 220) So for the story, its very good, and a very original idea. After running over an old lady from a gypsy group, her creepy father places a curse on the man who did it, as well as others who help him get out of surving time in jail. The curse gradually makes him thinner day after day no matter how much his body takes in. People begin to look in wonder at the man who was, before, overweight, and now thin as a stick. Problem is who will believe that a gypsy put a curse on him and help him get revenge on the evil gypsies before he thins himself to death? Read the book and find out.

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    whysoserious

    Thu Jan 24 2008

    "Thinner" is the most "King-like" of the Richard Bachman books. It's a fast-paced, horrific roller-coaster ride through a nightmare worse than any Atkins or Weight Watchers diet craze. Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, winks at the reader by having the characters comment that what's happening is "like out of a Stephen King novel." It's a fun but gruesome book that will keep you up for a night or two.

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    anthonylmolle_r

    Sat Dec 29 2007

    overall, I really liked this book. it's much better than the movie because it's got a lot more characters and there's much more suspense offered in the book.

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    josephboone

    Wed Nov 21 2007

    Steven King originally wrote Thinner under the pen name of Richard Bachman. The Bachman pen name was used as an outlet for King's darker side and this book fits right in with that theme. Billy Halleck has accidentally run down an old gypsy woman who was crossing the street. When he judge and sheriff whitewash the whole thing and Halleck gets off without so much as a warning, the old woman's father takes matters into his own hands, laying a curse on all three of them. Halleck's curse is "Thinner" and the overweight man begins to shed pounds no matter how much he eats. The curse continues to waste him away as he struggles to find the gypsy band and get the old man to remove the curse. When a mobster friend of Halleck's comes into the picture, things really start to heat up. Thinner is an interesting book because the subject matter is fairly grim, and gets more so as the book progresses. At the same time, there's a type of gallows humor that is laugh-out-loud funny at times. Th... Read more