Dennis D. McDonald (ddmcd@ddmcd.com) consults from Alexandria Virginia. His services include writing & research, proposal development, and project management.

Stephen King's "LATER"

Stephen King's "LATER"

Dennis D. McDonald
Horror, Mystery, Fiction, Fantasy, Stephen King

A book review by Dennis D. McDonald

I very much enjoyed listening to this short novel. The characters are believable, the story is engaging, and the horror elements are sparingly yet dramatically incorporated.

What I found most impressive was the economy of both the prose and character development. While painting our ceiling after finishing LATER I listened to portions of the author’s book ON WRITING especially the discussion of drafts and editing. It sounds to me like King in LATER takes his own advice very seriously!

I don’t think there is an extraneous word or comma in this book. Everything is subservient to propelling the story along.

What came to my mind while reading LATER was a phrase from an old Firesign Theater album: “Not a speck of cereal!”

Review copyright (c) 2021 by Dennis D. McDonald

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