Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
You Like It Darker is a collection of twelve stories by American author Stephen King, published by Scribner in May 2024. [1] The book was announced on November 6, 2023, via Entertainment Weekly, which provided a look at the book's wraparound cover, table of contents, and an excerpt from "Rattlesnakes", a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.
Reviewing You Like It Darker for Bloody Disgusting, Jenn Adams described The Answer Man as "one of the most beautiful and upsetting stories of King's career" that questions "what is the meaning of life and what can we expect at the end of our days?" [7] Eric Eisenberg described it as having "exciting highs and powerful, emotional lows". [8]
Emily Burnham (reviewing You Like It Darker for the Bangor Daily News) considered Two Talented Bastids to be the strongest story in the collection, stating that it "returns to time-honored themes in the author's vast body of work [but] never feels like it's rehashing well-worn tropes in the King oeuvre", adding that the story "unfolds in typically King-ian fashion — a mix of humor, poignancy ...
When a famous writer dies at ninety, his son investigates the defining friendship of his life. Turns out the old man kept his friends close—and his secrets closer.
Rattlesnakes is a novella by Stephen King, first published in 2024 as part of King's collection You Like It Darker. It is a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo, reintroducing the character of Vic Trenton.
In 2024, "Laurie" was collected in King's book You Like It Darker, with the first edition book cover referencing the plot of "Laurie". [8] [9] [10] The story was dedicated to King's wife Tabitha's corgi Vixen, who died in spring 2018. [6]
Jenn Adams (reviewing You Like It Darker for Bloody Disgusting) ranked The Dreamers as the "most classically scary" story in the volume, describing it as "pure Lovecraftian horror" and "shocking horror and nihilism at its best, reminiscent of King's 2014 novel Revival."
The book and musical could be distilled to the same plot summary: Behold, the unexpected backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good.