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Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
 

Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story

by Stephen King

A new store has opened in the town of Castle Rock, Maine. It has whatever your heart desires...if you're willing to pay the price. In this chilling novel by one of the most potent imaginations of our time, evil is on a shopping spree and out to scare you witless. (read review)

Top tags: horror,  stephen king,  fiction,  thriller,  supernatural (all tags)

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Liked It

YOTA O
  • Rated 5 stars

“The book Needful Things by Stephen King is my ideal book, with its subjects ranging from demons to psychology and human needs. One character I particularly admire (much to the horror of my middle school classmates) is Mr. Gaunt, the curio shop owner who finds out what people need, then sell it to them in exchange for a favor. What I liked about this "man" (later revealed to be the devil) is that he uses several seemingly innocent pranks played by the townspeople to form a more elaborate...”

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Didn’t Like It

morrighan m
  • Rated 2 stars

“The book started out very interesting. The characters themselves were interesting. The suspense/horror story unfolds and you're waiting...om- what happens next... (?) Then it's almost like the book is given to someone else to finish and it ends like some cheap scifi sat. night flick. I didn't even bother with the movie when it came out :(”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.80349 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Alex Zanardi

    alex zanardi said:

    “Great book, great plot, wisely created.”

    posted Saturday, January 5 2008
  • spades

    spades said:

    “As par for the course with King books, MUCH better than the movie.”

    posted Friday, December 21 2007
  • Bright O

    bright o said:

    “Still remember "Leyland Gaunt knows best", just to say the devil knows human nature best but still doesn't understand the power of FREE WILL.
    Awesome book”

    posted Tuesday, October 30 2007
  • SweetNLow

    sweetnlow said:

    “Great Book, enjoyed it very much. Thought they did a good job with the movie as well”

    posted Saturday, October 6 2007
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