1 Sept 2024

Book Review / The Dark Half by Stephen King


A “wondrously frightening” (Publishers Weekly) tale of terror and #1 national bestseller about a writer’s pseudonym that comes alive and destroys everyone on the path that leads to the man who created him.

Thad Beaumont is a writer, and for a dozen years he has secretly published violent bestsellers under the name of George Stark. But Thad is a healthier and happier man now, the father of infant twins, and starting to write as himself again. He no longer needs George Stark and so, with nationwide publicity, the pseudonym is retired. But George Stark won’t go willingly.

And now Thad would like to say he is innocent. He’d like to say he has nothing to do with the twisted imagination that produced his bestselling novels. He’d like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad deny the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it—and signs its crimes with Thad’s bloody fingerprints?


Published:  1st January 1989
Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton
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Series or Stand-Alone:  Stand-Alone
Source:  Bought
Genres:     Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery and Supernatural
Pages:  460 pages, Paperback




MY REVIEW


What I loved about this story...   Now this story really creeped me out.  At first it might seem like a split personality type of story but then it takes another twist and turn and becomes something more horrifying.  The suspense in this novel is off the charts and I was truly creeped out for the majority of the novel, and loved it!

Would I recommend... For those who like classic Stephen King horror this is one not to miss.  


 





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