Group 4: Needful Things (1991)

[mae]

Needful Things, 1991
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Needful_Things_face.jpg

Please grade Needful Things (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needful_Things) in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:


Quality of the Writing
Strength of Plot
Character Development


If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete (though slightly outdated) instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).

[Jean]

BAA

[Merlin1958]

I have always loved this book. Very introspective, and character development? A, King masterpiece!!

[mae]

Just as an aside, one of my favorite King first edition covers.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Loved everything about this book except the ending. Since there is no place for me to specifically dock for this, the book gets all A's.

[Jean]

Yes

psst... it was me who vetoed the "ending" grading. Many King books have lousy endings, and if it made 1/3 of the total grade, I thought it would be just unfair towards otherwise excellent books

[Jean]

Also, it would have taken us a lot of debate to define "ending". Take It, for example. What is the ending - the weak, half-assed revelation of the nature of the evil, or the brilliant last pages?

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

When they begin to forget again and Bill beats the devil? Excellent!

[Jean]

Yes. And when I read last flashback, and the line

"... he begins to whistle"
I cry every time. Really.

[mae]

The poll has closed. This round Needful Things has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.541666667 or 84.72% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 6.587121212 or 82.34%.

Grade breakdown:
Quality of the Writing: A - 2.625000000 (87.50%)
Strength of Plot: A/B - 2.500000000 (83.33%)
Character Development: A - 2.500000000 (83.33%)