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Title: Not the best, but not the worst
Review: Mr. King has given us an interesting new character who isn't so besieged as yet with adult horrors as to be beyond her years, but is just beginning to be adult enough to understand that the world is not as rosy as "grown-ups" would have us believe. Fascinating character study, and again (as in Gerald's Game) the themes of isolation and what the mind will do when left to its own devices. The "villain" in this story is not as horrific as usual, which was a welcome departure from previous works which have had a little too much "fantasy" in them. Almost believable, which I have to say is a fabulous quality in a Stephen King novella.
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