Bracket #6: Needful Things (1991)

[Jean]

Needful Things, 1991

Please vote for Needful Things using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

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

[Jean]

5, without a doubt

[Stockerlone]

5, of course !!!

[Garrell]

5, was fun to see the way peeps turned one each other.

[frik]

Way OTT, but so much fun!

5

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[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Thought about a 5. But had to go with a 4 because of the ending. It seemed as if King grew tired of the story, and slapped an ending on it just to be done with it. I guess it was just such a stark difference from the rest of the novel that it seemed almost cartoonish at the end. I would have preferred a more subtle endind that left you wondering if another town lie in wait. This is one I've been thinking about rereading for sometime, and am looking forward to.

[Shannon]

Never read. Enjoyed the movie, though.

[blavigne]

Thought about a 5. But had to go with a 4 because of the ending. It seemed as if King grew tired of the story, and slapped an ending on it just to be done with it. I guess it was just such a stark difference from the rest of the novel that it seemed almost cartoonish at the end. I would have preferred a more subtle endind that left you wondering if another town lie in wait. This is one I've been thinking about rereading for sometime, and am looking forward to.

agreed! A good read just the same though

[divemaster]

I've only read it once and honestly don't recall a lot of the particulars. What I *do* remember was a great story idea and a great maybe first half of the novel. Then something happened where King took it in a direction I thought was a letdown. Like I said, I don't recall the particulars, just the impression that "this could have been so much better..." So I voted 3. Maybe in a couple of years I'll have read it again and might see it in a little more positive light.

[Jean]

Thought about a 5. But had to go with a 4 because of the ending. It seemed as if King grew tired of the story, and slapped an ending on it just to be done with it. I guess it was just such a stark difference from the rest of the novel that it seemed almost cartoonish at the end. I would have preferred a more subtle endind that left you wondering if another town lie in wait. This is one I've been thinking about rereading for sometime, and am looking forward to.

oh, I agree, and that flying horses thing was ridiculous. But since the question was whether I loved the book - not whether I found it flawless - I gave it a 5 anyway.

[pathoftheturtle]

I think it was more a matter of contrivance: not that King grew tired of it, but that he was welding in elements he had pre- decided on for reasons not organic to the story. Y'know?
Still, a good book. One of the most memorable from what was really kind of a weak period with the author.

[Patrick]

I read maybe the first quarter of this book at most, then got distracted and haven't gone back to it. Voting, "Never Read."

[sgc1999]

A total 5, this was one of my favorites.

[Jean]

Last chance to vote! the poll is closing!

[mae]

The poll has closed. Needful Things has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.380952381 or 87.62%, placing 2nd (runner-up) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2.

[Jean]

well, this is good news! TWL's victory was awesome, but not exactly news.

[Merlin1958]

Liked the book and the movie very much!!