GERALD'S GAME (Stephen King) - October 6/17

It's hard to believe there was ever a time I considered King my favorite writer. Gerald's Game is okay in parts but mostly it feels like he was challenged to make a book (and a long book at that) out of a 10 page short story. The biggest insult is the hilariously terrible final stretch in which she's escaped and is now recalling what happened in a book she's writing. It's just needless and awful. *1/2 out of ****