Also, the less said about the unnecessary sex that apparently had to be shoehorned in at all costs the better. It should at least have been cut down to half its size to make it more tolerable, and less would have also been more when it comes to finding out what is in the mist because it takes away a lot of suspense when you do. There are a few other unremarkable stories, ones that feel too conventional, uninspired, or only half-finished, but “The Mist” is the worst offender. It feels like every Stephen King trope packed into one story, and there is just nothing exciting about it. The one I dislike is the well-known and apparently popular “The Mist”, which takes up about 150 pages of the book, and which I find to be unbearably trite and boring. Some made me roll my eyes, some left me indifferent, and some were gripping, but there is one I dislike immensely, and two that I kind of love. It is a collection of short stories and some of King’ s earliest work, and the stories are of widely varying quality. I’ve owned this book for 20 years probably, and I think this was my third read through.
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