The most unique of all, however, is our antagonist, Leland Gaunt. Each character is completely different and they all have their own unique voices. Most books that have a ton of characters are confusing but this one is not. This book takes place in a sleepy little town filled with average people and we learn about almost all of them. I’m not going to go into great detail about the characters because there are so many of them. I’m not afraid to DNF a book, especially a ridiculously long one. As I said above, this is a MASSIVE book so if it didn’t hold my attention there’s no way I would have ever finished it, much less read it twice. Needful Things is one of my favorite Stephen King books and I don’t think it gets the praise it deserves. With the potent storytelling authority that millions of readers have come to prize, Stephen King delivers an Out Town with a vengeance, an inimitable farewell to a place his fiction has often and long called home. Gaunt knows, almost everything is for sale: love, hope, even the human soul. Above all, it will be a test of their ability to grasp the true nature of their enemy. Does that stop people from buying? Has it ever?įor Alan and Polly, this one week in autumn will be an awful test - a test of will, desire, and pain. And as Leland Gaunt always points out, at Needful Things, the prices are high indeed. For Leland Gaunt, the pleasure of doing business lies chiefly in seeing how much people will pay for their most secret dreams and desires. Gaunt’s business is fairly booming, and why not? At Needful Things, there’s something for everyone.Īnd, of course, there is always a price. Eleven-year-old Brain Rusk is his first customer, and Brian finds just what he wants most in all the world a ’56 Sandy Koufax baseball card.

Leland Gaunt is a stranger - and he calls his shop Needful Things. It’s a small town, and Stephen King fans might think they know its secrets pretty well they’ve been here before. where Polly Chalmers runs You Sew and Sew and Sheriff Alan Pangborn is in charge of keeping the peace. With a demonic blend of malice and affection, Stephen King says goodbye to the town he put on the map - Castle Rock, Maine. Let’s get into the synopsis and then my thoughts! This review will have slight spoilers. I finally made time for it this October and I’m glad that I did.

I had read it once before, a few years before I started my blog, so I wanted to give it another read before I reviewed it. I’ve wanted to review Needful Things by Stephen King for the past few years but I never could quite find time to read this massive beast of a book.

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