352 pages, Borrowed from Mobile Library, A small bus packed all around with books on wooden shelves, with a really strong smell of books too...heaven!
I'm a big Stephen King fan, or as the man himself likes to say a "Constant Reader". I started with "The Eyes of the Dragon" when I was 12 and followed that with "IT" the summer I turned 13.
He's had an upsurge in quality again since "From a Buick 8" and Full Dark, No Stars is another example of that upswing.
The book consists of 4 novellas, all very dark stories, all with a touch of Edgar Allen Poe about them. Light on laughs but heavy on atmosphere and a sense of danger for the characters in each story.
King is great at the long novel and the short story and here that expertise shines through. Each story is long enough to satisfy yet short enough to keep you interested.
All in all if you're a fan of King or just like tales with a dark side then Full Dark, No Stars will be right up your alley.
I give this 5 "Good Marriages" out of 5
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