Just After Sunset. What do you guys think of it

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Originally Posted by LeeAlexander

I absolutely loved The Cat from Hell, and actually creeped me out. Especially when my kitty came in the room, and jumped on the bed:eek2:. I really liked Mute, A Very Tight Place, and Willa even though I've heard alot of people complain about Willa. N. in my opinion is the single best short story SK has ever written. It was amazing...I felt like I was reading a modern day Lovecraft. I enjoyed Just After Sunset alot, but I can't say that it will ever beat out Everything's Eventual for me even with N. in its pages.

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I liked Willa, as well.

To me, Willa is a kindred spirit to the child in The Emperor's New Clothes.

Willa could see through false images to face death and reveal its true nature to the rest of the group.

The child in The Emperor's New Clothes, too innocent to be afraid of society's conventional wisdom, told the crowd the truth.

Though Willa had limited success in convincing those surrounding her, she could see through illusion. But why? The story made me curious about her life. Somehow, while living, her soul found the skill to discern the truth or maybe she was just born with the talent.

i did not intend for the comment about, maybe Tabitha wrote it, to be negative. She has a markedly different writing style than Mr. King. Maybe it was his writing from a womans prespective that I didn't find enjoyable. I meant no disrespect to Mrs. King.

I hate to say it but J.A.S. was disappointing for me. More times than not SK's books really stick with me, for example when I'm not thinking about books or anything at all on my drive home and see road work then I think of Dolan in his Cadillac. With the stories in J.A.S. none of them really stick out or made me ponder the ins and outs of what had happened or why. Not that any of the stories are "bad". They just didn't affect me in any way at all.:dunno:

I am not fond of short stories. But I thoroughly enjoyed JAS. I think that you will like them too.:biggrin2:

I bought this about 2 months ago, and was going to try and savor it. I did manage to keep from opening it right away, but once I did I was flying through. My favorite stories were Willa, Gingerbread Girl, oh heck all of them haha!:smile2:

I didn't like all of the stories but Willa was great and stationary bike just awsome^^

I liked Gingerbread girl a lot. I listened to it while i was out getting sun burnt. I wish the rest were available on itunes, short stories are fun to listen to while laying out.

I sat down and read it in a single session.To me it wasnt one of his better books and definitely the worst of his ss books.

I liked it a LOT!!! My fav. stories: gingerbread girl, N., stationary bike and In a very tight place (i lovelove all the florida-key survivin' stories!!).

And yeah, it's different than his old stuff...but he can't write the same after all these years. I like the way stephen king goes. But that's my view. ( I was afraid after from a buick 8 and dreamcatcher...but things just worked out fine. Really fine!)

I think Just After Sunset had some good stories. "Willa" was excellent and "N" was thoroughly enjoyable. But I also felt that the collection was kind of forgettable. Often times after I finished one of the stories, I was left with a sort of, "what was the point" feeling. Then again, I just haven't been able to get into King's short stories as much. Maybe it's just a personal preference.