Full Dark, No Stars is a series of short stories by author Stephen King. This review is about the first two stories.
Each short story is thrilling and tense making you want to keep reading.
1922
1922 has a very “true crime” vibe that you would get from a podcast. It is set as a confession from farmer Wilfred Leland James. The reader goes back to the moment where Wilfred’s life goes wrong. 1922 has a supernatural feel to it as we have the dead “haunting” the living. Although it is only around 150 pages in length it really keeps you gripping wondering how Wilfred will cope with murdering his wife and how the escalation of events starting from the murder will come back and affect the lives of everyone around him.
Big Driver
Big Driver is a revenge fantasy story. It follows author Tess in the space of only a few days. Tess is raped and almost murdered coming back from an event. The reader sees Tess deciding to get revenge on those she feels caused her to get attacked. It makes the reader empathise with Tess as we question what we would do in her situation and the dark side of the reader that wonders if they would do the same.
Both stories follow the narrator after an event happens which takes them down a path that makes it a very dark and thrilling read. The rape in Big Driver can be hard to read so a warning if that is something that you would really have an issue with.
The other stories in the book are: Fair Extension and A Good Marriage. My copy also has the short story Under The Weather that was added to subsequent publications after the original editions were published which I will add to the next part of my review.
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