Just After Sunset: My Thoughts(Spoilers)

[Silhouette86]

It's hard to talk about a whole short story collection as a whole. I finished Just After Sunset last night, and for the most part I was not pleased. Maybe there was something in me that wanted to see shades of the old Stephen King, but that wasn't the case, really. I was depressed, though. Depressed that I finished the book. It almost seems like a given to any Stephen King book.
Out of the thirteen, I had four favorites. The favorites being, N., The Cat From Hell, The Gingerbread Girl and A Very Tight Place. My least favorite was Mute.
I can't seem to rate a short story collection, so I rated each story:

1. Willa: 6.5
2. The Gingerbread Girl: 7.9
3. Harvey's Dream: 4.9
4. Rest Stop: 7.6
5. Stationary Bike: 6.6
6. The Things They Left Behind: 6.8
7. Graduation Afternoon: 4.6
8. N.: 8.0
9. The Cat from Hell: 8.1
10. The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates: 4.5
11. Mute: 4.0
12: Ayana: 5.1
13. A Very Tight Place: 7.9

I thought about the rating system heavily as I read "Just After Sunset". Giving a book ten ,means that you liked every little aspect to the story, and even my favorite Stephen King novel, "IT" I wouldn't give ten. So that is why my rating system seems a little odd. N., The Gingerbread Girl, The Cat from Hell would've gotten much higher of I hadn't really thought about it.
As much as "Just After Sunset" seemed a let down to me, I enjoyed the read nonetheless.
Feel free to give your own ratings or tell what your favorites were.

[J.T. Adams]

I found Willa to be fantastic.

The book overall - I DO give it a ten.

[~Ally~]

I've not read these stories since the hardback was released so can't really rate each individual story now. I loved The Gingerbread Girl, Harvey's Dream and Cat From Hell, but also enjoyed the others. What was it about these stories that felt like a "letdown" to you? If you want to experience the old SK then I recommend FDNS if you haven't already read it. I know you prefer paperbacks so you should be able to pick up a copy of that now.

Out of curiosity, if IT is your favourite and even that doesn't score a ten...then what does? And where does IT score on your scale?

[Silhouette86]

His stories just seem forced to be serious. There was something about his older short stories that wasn't so bound on being "serious". As for IT, I'd give it a 9.5. I don't think one book would score a ten unless I loved literally everything about it.

[bobledrew]

I have to disagree. I would give Gingerbread Girl no more than a 7.85423.

[GNTLGNT]

I rate this thread at a 4.3 on the Richter scale....

[Jojo87]

My favorite was A Very Tight Place and The cat from hell and those two I would definitely give a 10.
Those other stories in JAS was also good but not the best.

[urrutiap]

All of the stories in Just After Sunset are great but the story N reminded me a little too much of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu stories

[King fan from trinidad]

I've only read the first two stories but i think willa should have gotten a little higher than the gingerbread girl. Cant wait to read the rest of it!