American Psycho
Author: Bret Easton Ellis
Genre: Psychological thriller
Patrick Bateman is a rich psychopath, living in uptown New York. In American Psycho we learn about his everyday life, from the competitive dinners with co-workers to the evenings in his apartment, where he tortures and kills unfortunates to cross his path.
(In)famous for its physical violence and crude sexual nature, American Psycho continues to entice readers. Way worse than the movie, the descriptions of Bateman's torture sessions grow very graphic over time. This book certainly should not be read by easily upset persons. Bateman is a detestable main character, and the people around him are not much better.
Common side effects of reading this book might include revulsion, nausea and a loss of your belief in humanity. A very good book indeed, that you might want to consider owning.
Genre: Psychological thriller
Patrick Bateman is a rich psychopath, living in uptown New York. In American Psycho we learn about his everyday life, from the competitive dinners with co-workers to the evenings in his apartment, where he tortures and kills unfortunates to cross his path.
(In)famous for its physical violence and crude sexual nature, American Psycho continues to entice readers. Way worse than the movie, the descriptions of Bateman's torture sessions grow very graphic over time. This book certainly should not be read by easily upset persons. Bateman is a detestable main character, and the people around him are not much better.
Common side effects of reading this book might include revulsion, nausea and a loss of your belief in humanity. A very good book indeed, that you might want to consider owning.
Dreamcatcher
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Thriller
Four childhood friends - now grown men - go for a hunting trip and end up in the middle of an alien invasion. The aliens are actually symbiotic creatures, but humans being a faulty host for them, things take a nasty turn to blood and gore.
I saw the movie first, and I must say the book and the movie are close to identical. The book of course offers a much better medium for explaining the way the aliens are constructed and how the telepathy works. Another strenght of the book is the detailed characterization of all its characters - something you definitely do not get anything of in the movie. Overall though, the movie is a surprisingly exact re-telling of King's original story, and made me feel like I had read the book once already.
If you want depth, read the book. If you just want entertainment, see the movie.
Genre: Thriller
Four childhood friends - now grown men - go for a hunting trip and end up in the middle of an alien invasion. The aliens are actually symbiotic creatures, but humans being a faulty host for them, things take a nasty turn to blood and gore.
I saw the movie first, and I must say the book and the movie are close to identical. The book of course offers a much better medium for explaining the way the aliens are constructed and how the telepathy works. Another strenght of the book is the detailed characterization of all its characters - something you definitely do not get anything of in the movie. Overall though, the movie is a surprisingly exact re-telling of King's original story, and made me feel like I had read the book once already.
If you want depth, read the book. If you just want entertainment, see the movie.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Had any other author than Stephen King written this book, it would have been forgettable. Why? Because it is a story about a nine-year-old girl who gets lost in the forest. And I think we all read at least one extremely boring book on that subject - when we were nine years old.
So how can King take this passé subject and turn it into an exciting book for adults? The answer is he's an unpredictable son of a bitch. He keeps the reader at the edge at all times - in a constant state of worry. He has a habit of writing books where anything can happen and any character will drop down dead at his call. Seldom do you feel as helpless while reading.
Genre: Horror
Had any other author than Stephen King written this book, it would have been forgettable. Why? Because it is a story about a nine-year-old girl who gets lost in the forest. And I think we all read at least one extremely boring book on that subject - when we were nine years old.
So how can King take this passé subject and turn it into an exciting book for adults? The answer is he's an unpredictable son of a bitch. He keeps the reader at the edge at all times - in a constant state of worry. He has a habit of writing books where anything can happen and any character will drop down dead at his call. Seldom do you feel as helpless while reading.
Pet Sematary
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
When the family cat Church gets run over by a truck, Louis finds an ancient burial ground and buries him there. The next day, Church is back. But Louis soon discovers that there is something slightly off about Church, like he came back wrong... Soon after, Louis' own son also gets hit on the highway. And you can not just leave a dead toddler boy dead. Can you?
Pet Sematary has received a lot of positive attention - and it is not hard to understand why. Stephen King is a brilliant author who delivers first-class suspense that will keep you looking over your shoulder for a while. Before you read Pet Sematary you might want to make sure there are no cats or toddlers in your house (if there are, lock them in the basement by night).
It would be a waste not to read King's forewords first, since they add a certain "a-ha!"-feeling to a lot of details in the book.
Genre: Horror
When the family cat Church gets run over by a truck, Louis finds an ancient burial ground and buries him there. The next day, Church is back. But Louis soon discovers that there is something slightly off about Church, like he came back wrong... Soon after, Louis' own son also gets hit on the highway. And you can not just leave a dead toddler boy dead. Can you?
Pet Sematary has received a lot of positive attention - and it is not hard to understand why. Stephen King is a brilliant author who delivers first-class suspense that will keep you looking over your shoulder for a while. Before you read Pet Sematary you might want to make sure there are no cats or toddlers in your house (if there are, lock them in the basement by night).
It would be a waste not to read King's forewords first, since they add a certain "a-ha!"-feeling to a lot of details in the book.
