Needful Things

When i finished needful things i was in awe......Wow i say to myself as i reflect on the many characters, all written and developed excellently and situations, all nailbiting and suspensful til it's explosive conclusion, and at the root of it all a mysterious not-so innocent shop keeper by the name of leland gaunt. A name i will never forget. If needful things isn't king at his best then i don't know what is. The book is over 700 pages long and one would think with a novel this big there would be a spot of bore here and there. That is not the case at all. I was enthralled the entire time. I don't think i would have moved if a hurricane blew out every window in the room by the time the final showdown between nettie cobb and wilma hit. Needful things is an absolute must read for anyone who enjoys king.

This has to be one of the best written books by Stephen King. I loved all the Characters and was totally in love with the story! It sucked me in and I couldn't stop until I was finished. When I was at work, I would think about the story and what was going to happen next. It was so visual, and it hardly side tracked, it was Awesome. I saw the movie after reading it, and thought it was awful, compared to the book. I bet if I didn't read it I would like the movie, but the movie had none of my favorite characters. They kept it story-wise with the Alan and Polly. Thank god they kept Wilma and Nettie! Which is one of the BEST ever written deaths in a Stephen King novel. This was also a funny book. King's Comedy, which is hard to spot unless you have a dark since of humor. King did great, and I will so read this one again! I can't wait. All and all, great book! Too short! I always want more, King's genius.

I am a huge King fan as of pretty recent. But I have read plenty of his books so far. And this one is among one of my favorites. I was caught right away and it was very hard for me to put this book down! I just had to know what happened to the different people! What was to come of the pranks and such. I highly recommend this book! It is captivating and a great read!

A new shop called "Needful Things" arrives in the small Maine town of Castle Rock (where King also set Cujo and the novella The Sun Dog). The owner is the mysteriouse and creepy Leland Gaunt. Eleven year old Brian Rusk was the first customer and he got exactly what he wanted - a very rare 1956 Sandy Kaufax baseball card signed, to Brian. Cyndi Rose Martin was next and she got exactly what she wanted too. In fact ALL of the residents of Castle Rock got exactly what they wanted most or had almost dreamed of and for a very reasonable price...the money price that was, but Leland Gaunt made them pay in other ways, too...

This is the last book Stephen King has written that is based in Castle Rock - and if you are going to go out you might as well go out with a bang which is exactly what he has done with this book - and done incredibly well at that! I cant say too much without spoiling the storyline but this is an absolutely amazing book, by far one of Kings' best and the ending is one of the cleaverest, most well thought out endings I have ever read! Please read this book, you will not regret it it is one of the best.

Anything at all. For sale that is. Alan Pangborn, sheriff of Castle Rock, is very keen to meet the newest business owner in town, one Leland Gaunt. Word is Needful Things has a little something for everyone in town, so why can't the sheriff seem to catch up with the new proprietor?

Needful Things is right up there with a lot of old school king stories. A very large book of almost 800 pages and a story that doesn't let you down. From the start you have a gripping story and despite the book's length it doesn't have any flat spots throughout. A reasonably large cast keeps things moving along quite nicely but you never feel like you're getting lost.

I wouldn't put this up there with the more "horror" style of King's other works, but Gaunt is a wonderfully realised antagonist that you can smell evil on him right down to the thread on his clothes.

If you're looking for something to bury your teeth into for a week or so then Needful Things might be just what you are looking for. How surprising.