Mile 81

Seemed to get enough bang for my buck. Nice short story in one read.

Poor writing for an otherwise talented author

Good story! except it just stopped at the end.not worth the price!

Not pleased at all

Awesome read!

WARNING: Before you buy this book, READ THE REVIEWS!!! Some have been disappointed to find out that this is just a short story, not a full-length book. As a result, some of the reviews for this story have been unfair because they have been complaints that it wasn’t a novel or novella. Well, guess what, folks?? For years, it has been okay to publish short stories as individual books. I’m not crazy about it myself, but I won’t insult a short story that happens to have been a perfectly good story just because it was published individually. This story, as mentioned by another reviewer, is the first story in Stephen King’s short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. If you like this story but you don’t want it by itself, buy the “Bazaar” collection so you can review the entire book, this story included, but don’t write a review of this book just to bellyache about it being just one story by itself. Fans HATE that!!! I do, that’s for certain! For me, I have to agree with all of the positive reviews for this story. I’ve never read the book by itself because I don’t want to read ANY short story this way, but I really loved this story! It was a great start to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, a masterful collection of short stories made even better by the fact that while King tried to scare readers with every story, he succeeded even more brilliantly with some than he did with others. This creepy, perverse story of a car that is actually some sort of strange, bloodthirsty monster in disguise was a perfect opener to an exciting collection and, for me, the biggest reason is because I got a terrifying taste of disturbingly chilling and creepy I knew some of the stories would be. And it was an awesome decision to cast a little boy as the main character. The bravery and courage of children who are ten years or older somehow strikes me as being totally conceivable that they could be very heroic in some very dangerous and scary situations. This is one of the scariest stories from King’s wonderful collection but, as any other King fan could also tell you, there are several other contenders. To me, Bad Little Kid, The Dune, The Little Green God of Agony, and That Bus is Another World are also real nightmares that I think could provide plenty of sleepless nights for those who are interested in reading Stephen King’s The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. And not just because you can’t get enough of the book!!! I recommend reading this if you’re a fan of the King of Horror who is considering whether or not to read his short story collection. Just remember, though. You’ve been warned: You just might lose sleep even after you’ve FINISHED this story!

I read this in King’s compilation of short stories “Bazaar of Bad Dreams”. It was the first story in the book and left a solid impression for the rest. This story is not only gruesome and creepy, it has that fantastic touch of the supernatural that I’ve come to love of King. There were several characters that came in and out of this short story, but King developed all of them perfectly which made their dire circumstances all the more chilling. I would even say it is the perfect story to read for any writer struggling with how to portray a character. Read it.

Peeked my interest from the beginning but, the ending wasn't an ending. It was like you stopped writing.

I enjoyed reading this book but was very disappointed with the ending. I didn’t like the end. I thought it was pointed and explain a lot.

I read this story in the book After Sunset and it was one of my favorites then and still is now. Will read over and over again.