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螚 螠苇胃慰未慰蟼 螒谓伪蟺谓慰蠋谓
芦危蟿畏 谓慰蠀尾苇位伪 渭慰蠀 螚 螠螘螛螣螖螣危 螒螡螒螤螡螣惟螡 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻喂蠋未畏蟼 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏萎 位苇蟽蠂畏 蟺慰蠀 蟽蟿蔚纬维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽鈥� 苇谓伪 蟺苇蟿蟻喂谓慰 慰委魏畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 螒谓伪蟿慰位喂魏萎蟼 35畏蟼 慰未慰蠉 蟽蟿慰 螠伪谓蠂维蟿伪谓, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀纬魏蔚谓蟿蟻蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿伪魏蟿喂魏维 维蟿慰渭伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪蟼 畏位喂魏委伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠁畏纬慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻维尉蔚谓蔚蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼. 危蟿慰谓 蔚蟺维谓蠅 蠈蟻慰蠁慰 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 蟺慰位位维 未蠅渭维蟿喂伪, 魏喂 蠈蟿伪谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 谓蔚慰蠁蔚蟻渭苇谓慰蟼 蟻蠅蟿维 谓伪 渭维胃蔚喂 蟺蠈蟽伪, 慰 蟺伪蟻维尉蔚谓慰蟼 渭蟺维蟿位蔚蟻 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺慰魏蟻委谓蔚蟿伪喂: 鈥溛斘滴� 尉苇蟻蠅, 魏蠉蟻喂蔚, 伪位位维 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 谓伪 蠂伪胃蔚委 蔚魏蔚委 蟺维谓蠅鈥�. 螒蠀蟿萎 畏 位苇蟽蠂畏 伪谓未蟻蠋谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 渭喂伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬畏蟿萎, 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蠈位畏 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 蟿畏蟼 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏蟼. 螠苇蟽伪 渭慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 蟿蠈蟽蔚蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 蠈蟽伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪 未蠅渭维蟿喂伪 蔚魏蔚委谓慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 魏蟿喂蟻委慰蠀, 魏伪喂 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 蔚蠉魏慰位伪 谓伪 蠂伪胃蠋 渭苇蟽伪 蟽鈥� 伪蠀蟿苇蟼. 螝伪喂 蟽蟿畏 位苇蟽蠂畏, 魏维胃蔚 蠁慰蟻维 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 谓伪 尉蔚蟿蠀位喂蠂蟿蔚委 蟿慰 谓萎渭伪 渭喂伪蟼 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏蟼, 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺蟻蠋蟿伪 渭喂伪 蟺蟻蠈蟺慰蟽畏, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺伪谓伪位伪渭尾维谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿伪 位蠈纬喂伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蠂伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓伪 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蟿慰 蟿蔚蟻维蟽蟿喂慰 蟿味维魏喂 蟿畏蟼 尾喂尾位喂慰胃萎魏畏蟼:
危螚螠螒危螜螒 螘围螘螜 螚 螜危韦螣巍螜螒, 螣围螜 螒违韦螣危 螤螣违 韦螚螡 螒桅螚螕螘螜韦螒螜
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 纬谓蠅渭喂魏蠈 蠀蟺萎蟻尉蔚 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪 苇谓伪蟼 魏伪位蠈蟼 慰未畏纬蠈蟼 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎, 魏伪喂 谓慰渭委味蠅 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 萎蟿伪谓 蠈,蟿喂 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 纬喂伪 蔚蟺喂蟿蠉渭尾喂慰 蟽蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰 渭慰蠀.禄
危螚螠螒危螜螒 螘围螘螜 螚 螜危韦螣巍螜螒, 螣围螜 螒违韦螣危 螤螣违 韦螚螡 螒桅螚螕螘螜韦螒螜
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 纬谓蠅渭喂魏蠈 蠀蟺萎蟻尉蔚 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪 苇谓伪蟼 魏伪位蠈蟼 慰未畏纬蠈蟼 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎, 魏伪喂 谓慰渭委味蠅 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 萎蟿伪谓 蠈,蟿喂 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 纬喂伪 蔚蟺喂蟿蠉渭尾喂慰 蟽蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰 渭慰蠀.禄
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First published June 1, 1982
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亘賴 卮禺氐賴 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 夭丕蹖賲丕賳 賳禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 禺賵賳丿卮賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖丿賲. 賲胤賲卅賳 亘丕卮蹖丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴蹖賳诏 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖賴 夭丕蹖賲丕賳 毓丕丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲
讴蹖賳诏 賴賲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賴 賵 诏賮鬲賴 丨丕賱丕 蹖賴 讴丕乇蹖卮 賲蹖讴賳賲
丨丕賱丕 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳蹖丿 亘丕賯蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕 趩蹖 亘賵丿賳丿責 乇爻鬲诏丕乇蹖 卮丕賵卮賳讴 (亘賴丕乇)貙 卮丕诏乇丿 亘丕 丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 (鬲丕亘爻鬲丕賳) 賵 噩爻丿 (倬丕蹖蹖夭) 讴賴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 爻蹖賳賲丕蹖蹖 卮丕賵卮賳讴 賵 噩爻丿 卮丕賴讴丕乇 丕夭 讴丕乇 丿乇 丕賲丿賳 賵 卮丕诏乇丿 亘丕丕爻鬲毓丿丕丿 賴賲 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 賯丕亘賱 賯亘賵賱蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 賮賯胤 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 卮蹖賵賴鈥屰� 鬲賳賮爻 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 爻丕賱賴丕 爻乇卮 亘蹖 讴賱丕賴 賲賵賳丿 :))
賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 亘賴 賲毓賳蹖 亘丿 亘賵丿賳 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲. 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳卮 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲
卮蹖賵賴鈥屰� 鬲賳賮爻 卮丕賲賱 丿賵 賯爻賲鬲 賲蹖卮賴. 賯爻賲鬲 丕賵賱 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 亘丕卮诏丕賴蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丕賮乇丕丿 賲爻賳 賲蹖乇賳 丕賵賳噩丕 賵 賲卮乇賵亘蹖 賲蹖禺賵乇賳 賵 诏倬蹖 賲蹖夭賳賳 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賳. 賴乇爻丕賱賴 賴賲 倬賳噩卮賳亘賴鈥屰� 賯亘賱 丕夭 讴乇蹖爻賲爻 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕毓囟丕 蹖賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 毓噩蹖亘 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴乇丿賴
賯爻賲鬲 丿賵賲 賴賲 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖賴 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕毓囟丕蹖 亘丕卮诏丕賴 鬲賵蹖 倬賳噩卮賳亘賴鈥屰� 賯亘賱 丕夭 讴乇蹖爻賲爻 賲蹖诏賴
賲丕噩乇丕蹖 夭賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 胤賵乇 賳丕賲卮乇賵毓 亘丕乇丿丕乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿賴 賵 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賴 亘趩賴鈥屫ж� 乇賵 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賴 賵 丿讴鬲乇卮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 夭賳 賵 夭丕蹖賲丕賳卮 乇賵 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴
亘賴 卮禺氐賴 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 夭丕蹖賲丕賳 賳禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 禺賵賳丿卮賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖丿賲. 賲胤賲卅賳 亘丕卮蹖丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴蹖賳诏 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖賴 夭丕蹖賲丕賳 毓丕丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲
March 9, 2016
From what I'd heard, or rather read, through my friend's reviews, that this novella isn't that great: I would partially disagree. Stephen King is such a skillful writer: he can make any ordinary story sound incredible; and not everyone can do that. It's true, I agree, that the story, at first, doesn't seem to be that promising/interesting; but The Breathing Method is a story so well told that you get immersed in it that you don't even know it.
What would have been an ordinary story, King has made an unforgettable one!
Recommended.
What would have been an ordinary story, King has made an unforgettable one!
Recommended.
April 8, 2020
Brilliant novella by the master story teller. David, a lawyer, is invited to join his superior to a mysterious club where stories are told by the members. The location is very impressive (books you don't find elsewhere) and Steven is a very special butler. There seems to be no fee. The week before Christmas a horror story has to be told. This time it's about the Breathing Method used by a wife when giving birth to a child. An old doctor tells the story. What is so special about this story and makes it that creepy? Why is that club in the brownstone so uncanny? The novella read like a movie. It was very sinister and the inset story about the Breathing Method was extremely exciting. The story is included in the Different Season anthology of four novellas. Absolutely recommended.
September 27, 2020
One of four novellas that make up the Different Seasons collection, The Breathing Method is the moving tale of a young woman鈥檚 extreme dedication to her unborn child, set amidst the backdrop of the festive season.
The main concern for the bulk of page count is the narrative related by elderly physician Emlyn McCarron, which details a bizarre phenomena he experienced while treating Sandra Stansfield, a single pregnant woman.
As part of his treatment of Stansfield and her baby, McCarron prescribes the 鈥渂reathing method鈥� designed to assist mothers through childbirth. Together, the pair seem destined to successfully deliver Stansfield鈥檚 baby, and it is only thanks to the foreshadowing provided early on by McCarron鈥檚 narration that we know things will end in tragedy.
The main concern for the bulk of page count is the narrative related by elderly physician Emlyn McCarron, which details a bizarre phenomena he experienced while treating Sandra Stansfield, a single pregnant woman.
As part of his treatment of Stansfield and her baby, McCarron prescribes the 鈥渂reathing method鈥� designed to assist mothers through childbirth. Together, the pair seem destined to successfully deliver Stansfield鈥檚 baby, and it is only thanks to the foreshadowing provided early on by McCarron鈥檚 narration that we know things will end in tragedy.
June 22, 2022
Story 3.75 stars**
Audio 4 stars**
Narrator Frank Muller
Audio 4 stars**
Narrator Frank Muller
October 10, 2022
鈥淭here is no comfort without pain; thus we define salvation through suffering鈥�
The weakest among the 4 from Different Seasons, though more due to its length than due to the plot. I felt it should either have been a bit shorter, in which it would鈥檝e been more focused on that story, or longer, so that the other stories could鈥檝e been completed. I would鈥檝e preferred the latter, somehow I feel Stephen King could鈥檝e handled that better.
The story is pretty amazing, but with King, it鈥檚 never what the story is, but how the story鈥檚 told. It starts off with a usual slow pace, and then, in the last few pages, makes a not-fully-realized attempt at horror. To be honest, it doesn鈥檛 quite feel like horror, more like a grotesque take on tragedy, the hidden metaphor being the unconditional love of a mother for her would-be child. It鈥檚 devourable and all that, and I don鈥檛 ask much more from so short a novella. But SK being one of my all-time favourites, there always remain certain expectations鈥�
The weakest among the 4 from Different Seasons, though more due to its length than due to the plot. I felt it should either have been a bit shorter, in which it would鈥檝e been more focused on that story, or longer, so that the other stories could鈥檝e been completed. I would鈥檝e preferred the latter, somehow I feel Stephen King could鈥檝e handled that better.
The story is pretty amazing, but with King, it鈥檚 never what the story is, but how the story鈥檚 told. It starts off with a usual slow pace, and then, in the last few pages, makes a not-fully-realized attempt at horror. To be honest, it doesn鈥檛 quite feel like horror, more like a grotesque take on tragedy, the hidden metaphor being the unconditional love of a mother for her would-be child. It鈥檚 devourable and all that, and I don鈥檛 ask much more from so short a novella. But SK being one of my all-time favourites, there always remain certain expectations鈥�
June 14, 2021
well dang. girl what
February 9, 2017
Hmm, might change to a 4. Right now it's about a 3.5 I thought it had a slow start... it ended really strongly, though. Once the actual story-within-a-story got up and running, the novella really picked up and was so creepy!
February 16, 2020
The final excellent novella in Stephen King's Different Seasons anthology. I highly recommend all four of these stories.
March 23, 2022
丕賵賱蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴蹖賳诏 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕賸 亘賴 夭賵乇 鬲賲賵賲 讴乇丿賲貙 賵丕賯毓丕賸 爻賱蹖賯賴 賲賳 賳亘賵丿貙 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 卮丕蹖丿 卮賲丕 禺賵卮鬲賵賳 亘蹖丕丿.
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賲爻鬲丕賳蹖 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴賲賵賳 趩賴丕乇 賳丕賵賱丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 Different Seasons 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丿賵 鬲丕 賳丕賵賱丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘诏賲 賲丨卮乇 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賲爻鬲丕賳蹖 鬲丕 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賳賴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖 丿丕乇賴 賳賴 丌賳趩賳丕賳 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴
卮丕蹖丿 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 亘毓丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕夭 丕賵賱 禺賵賳丿賲貙 賲禺氐賵氐丕賸 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賳蹖賲賴 丿賵賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賳蹖賲賴 丕賵賱 亘賵丿.
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賲爻鬲丕賳蹖 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴賲賵賳 趩賴丕乇 賳丕賵賱丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 Different Seasons 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丿賵 鬲丕 賳丕賵賱丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘诏賲 賲丨卮乇 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賲爻鬲丕賳蹖 鬲丕 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賳賴 丕賯鬲亘丕爻蹖 丿丕乇賴 賳賴 丌賳趩賳丕賳 賲賵乇丿 鬲賵噩賴 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴
卮丕蹖丿 爻丕賱鈥屬囏� 亘毓丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕夭 丕賵賱 禺賵賳丿賲貙 賲禺氐賵氐丕賸 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賳蹖賲賴 丿賵賲 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賳蹖賲賴 丕賵賱 亘賵丿.
September 16, 2015
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'It is the tale,
not he who tells it.'
Description: There is a strange club in New York where men tell each other stories. The years pass but no one looks any older. One night a doctor tells the story of a young woman who gives birth to a baby in the most horrible way! Evil psychic powers, obsession and the supernatural in the most ordinary, everyday places. A spine-chiller from the master of horror.
From 'A Winter's Tale' section of the 'Different Seasons collection released in 1982, so this was by way of a re-visit for me. Great storytelling.3* * A Death
3.5* Finders Keepers
3* Joyland
3* Mr Mercedes
4* The Shining
3* The Stand
4* It
5* Misery
3* Carrie
5* The Gunslinger
3* Pet Sematary
4* 11/22/63
3* 'Salem's Lot
3* The Green Mile
3* Needful Things
3* Cujo
4* Different Seasons
3* The Drawing of the Three
3* Firestarter
5* The Waste Lands
3* Wizard and Glass
4* Insomnia
2* Dreamcatcher
3* Desperation
4* Four Past Midnight
2* The Tommyknockers
4* Dr Sleep
2* The Mist
4* Hearts in Atlantis
3* Rose Madder
4* Full Dark, No Stars
3* From a Buick 8
3* Just After Sunset
3* Blaze
3* Storm of the Century screenplay
1* UR
3* Children of the Corn
The Breathing Method
February 16, 2018
I feel a bit like a broken record. I love the writing, the buildup, the background, but didn鈥檛 care for the tale featured in the title. I found all the detail about this Gentlemen鈥檚 Club that was not a club, fascinating. The idea that an entire set of books, previously unpublished anywhere else, could be found on the shelves of this鈥lace, was fascinating to me as a reader. I wish there were a club place like that I could visit.
The fact that the men who 鈥渉ung out鈥� there were not members and paid no dues just sets my mind whirling on crazy spirals. How did the place stay in business, keep the lights on, buy wood for that massive fireplace, all the booze? How did Stevens earn a living? Tips, no matter how generous, at Christmas would not be enough.
When we get to the actual tale, I didn鈥檛 care for the finale at all. I liked reading about a strong and resourceful young woman dealing with the hand she was dealt. I loved how kind her doctor was. I did NOT care for the scene at the end. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but that couldn鈥檛 happen and there was no reason it needed to. The story could have ended any number of ways besides that one and I would have been happy with it.
Five stars for everything but the end and two stars for that.
The fact that the men who 鈥渉ung out鈥� there were not members and paid no dues just sets my mind whirling on crazy spirals. How did the place stay in business, keep the lights on, buy wood for that massive fireplace, all the booze? How did Stevens earn a living? Tips, no matter how generous, at Christmas would not be enough.
When we get to the actual tale, I didn鈥檛 care for the finale at all. I liked reading about a strong and resourceful young woman dealing with the hand she was dealt. I loved how kind her doctor was. I did NOT care for the scene at the end. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but that couldn鈥檛 happen and there was no reason it needed to. The story could have ended any number of ways besides that one and I would have been happy with it.
Five stars for everything but the end and two stars for that.
May 23, 2016
This is a story-within-story. At first there is a mysterious club with regular activities where a member shares a story each evening. One of such stories is "The Breathing Method".
The Club part is the weak part in my opinion. There were only mysteries, and sensations felt by POV character. But at the end, there is no explanations, and nothing really happened.
The Breathing Method part is another thing. Although there is not much explanation at the end, but there are strong characters that could grasp your sympathy.
I don't like the editorial choice to make this story as the closure of Different Season. The opening of the collection was so strong with , it is a pity the ending is considerably weaker. well, it is just my opinion.
The Club part is the weak part in my opinion. There were only mysteries, and sensations felt by POV character. But at the end, there is no explanations, and nothing really happened.
The Breathing Method part is another thing. Although there is not much explanation at the end, but there are strong characters that could grasp your sympathy.
I don't like the editorial choice to make this story as the closure of Different Season. The opening of the collection was so strong with , it is a pity the ending is considerably weaker. well, it is just my opinion.
January 16, 2021
Final novella in The Different Seasons. I enjoyed this one. Sixty pages and really well done.
October 9, 2024
merrybloodychristmas, baby.
March 18, 2025
The Club is a special place that attracts peculiar men looking to share tales of unexplainable supernatural events that they鈥檝e experienced at some point in their lives. Emlyn McCarron is an old physician that recounts an unbelievable event early in his career where he helped a pregnant woman that was desperate to make sure her unborn child was safely delivered when no one was willing to give her the assistance she needed, even if she had to assure her own child鈥檚 birth from beyond the grave.
A little slow moving but it has a beautifully haunting and melancholy atmosphere. More than anything I found the clubhouse interesting. It seems like a haunted place that attracts paranormal phenomena, but not necessarily in a bad or dangerous way. Almost like the inverse of the Overlook Hotel or a harmlessly strange pocket dimension somewhere in the Dark Tower multiverse. I鈥檇 like to see more of it in other stories.
The Breathing Method is the weakest story in Different Seasons in my opinion, but still really solid. The second half of the story is especially good.
A little slow moving but it has a beautifully haunting and melancholy atmosphere. More than anything I found the clubhouse interesting. It seems like a haunted place that attracts paranormal phenomena, but not necessarily in a bad or dangerous way. Almost like the inverse of the Overlook Hotel or a harmlessly strange pocket dimension somewhere in the Dark Tower multiverse. I鈥檇 like to see more of it in other stories.
The Breathing Method is the weakest story in Different Seasons in my opinion, but still really solid. The second half of the story is especially good.
October 9, 2020
An amazing tale-within-a-tale of the super-willed woman who doesn't give up on her pregnancy no matter what! And that of a mysterious club!!
December 13, 2020
...伪蟺位维 伪纬伪蟺蠋 Stephen King! 韦喂蟼 位苇尉蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺喂位苇纬蔚喂, 蟿喂蟼 蔚喂魏蠈谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟽慰蠀, 蟿畏谓 伪谓伪蟿蟻喂蠂喂位伪!
韦慰 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽伪! 馃枻馃摎
韦慰 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽伪! 馃枻馃摎
February 25, 2015
Oh, Stephen King, you are one of my favourite authors.
This was a real treat, stumbling across this little novella in audio form while searching the digital library for something for my younger sister. I listened to it in the space of an afternoon, between making lunch and eating it, whilst my child and then my husband napped, and the older kids got home from school.
This story is written from the perspective of a man who, by luck, it seems, is invited to a club one night, where the members make a habit of telling stories from time to time. May I just say: Best club EVAR. Seriously. If creating clubs was something the world lent itself to in this modern day and age, I would so create and attend a club just like this, from now until I could no longer physically do so.
My only complaint about this story is that it includes brief teasers of stories that we don't get to hear the end of. I wanted VERY MUCH to hear the rest of at least one of the other stories hinted at but not completed.
As an added bonus, this audio included a brief afterward by Stephen King which was also thoroughly enjoyable, and definitely worth sticking around to listen to.
This was a real treat, stumbling across this little novella in audio form while searching the digital library for something for my younger sister. I listened to it in the space of an afternoon, between making lunch and eating it, whilst my child and then my husband napped, and the older kids got home from school.
This story is written from the perspective of a man who, by luck, it seems, is invited to a club one night, where the members make a habit of telling stories from time to time. May I just say: Best club EVAR. Seriously. If creating clubs was something the world lent itself to in this modern day and age, I would so create and attend a club just like this, from now until I could no longer physically do so.
My only complaint about this story is that it includes brief teasers of stories that we don't get to hear the end of. I wanted VERY MUCH to hear the rest of at least one of the other stories hinted at but not completed.
As an added bonus, this audio included a brief afterward by Stephen King which was also thoroughly enjoyable, and definitely worth sticking around to listen to.
August 24, 2017
Another masterful short and sweet novella by the horror mind of Stephen King. This one takes place at a special Club where gentleman gather to tell stories. All stories culminate in the tale of a pregnant women and her fairy bizarre unfortunate delivery. This is truly a horror story with some some specs of light interspersed in it. If you are a horror genre fan this one is a must-read!
4 Stars
4 Stars
April 2, 2020
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唳唳粪唳熰: 唰оЛ唰�
唳唳侧唳�: 唰оЖ唰�
March 2, 2014
I just re-read The Breathing Method about ten years after my first time through it, and I have to say I found it much more rewarding this time. the novella probably suffers from the fact that it鈥檚 packed into Different Seasons with 3 of King鈥檚 most famous works, The Body, Shawshank Redemption, and Apt Pupil, and it is really the only true Horror story in the bunch. I鈥檇 forgotten that King uses a far different voice than in his other books, almost a H.P Lovecraft tone. His old gentlemen鈥檚 club seems very Victorian, but then it鈥檚 from another place and time, isn鈥檛 it? In fact, this may be the first time King introduces a concept that will become so prominent in his later works: 鈥淭here are other worlds than these.鈥� I Don鈥檛 recommend this for couples who are about to experience their first pregnancy. Still, it鈥檚 a great read. The tragic story of Miss Stansfield鈥檚 pregnancy and the almost supernatural effects of her doctor鈥檚 prescribed breathing exercises are explored for full horrific effect and the accident leading to her tragedy is described as only a world class writer like King can.
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January 31, 2024
This is the 2nd story I read in Kings 鈥淒ifferent Seasons鈥� novel and I have to say I liked it more than the previous story.
I liked the chilly, cold NYC setting. It was a bit morbid too. Imagining what happened to that poor woman and the imagery of her death was very macabre. This was a short story that definitely was effective though.
I liked the chilly, cold NYC setting. It was a bit morbid too. Imagining what happened to that poor woman and the imagery of her death was very macabre. This was a short story that definitely was effective though.
September 26, 2016
螠蠈位喂蟼 蟿蔚位蔚委蠅蟽伪 蟿畏谓 渭喂魏蟻萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟿委蟿位慰 "螠苇胃慰未慰蟼 伪谓伪蟺谓慰蠋谓" 蟺慰蠀 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 渭喂魏蟻蠋谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 渭蔚 蟿委蟿位慰 "Different seasons" 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟺喂位苇尉伪渭蔚 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰渭维未伪 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼 渭慰蠀 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏谓 蔚尾未慰渭维未伪. 螠蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委蠂伪 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪喂蟻蠈 谓伪 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿畏胃蠋 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺慰位蠉 渭喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚蟺蠅蠁蔚位畏胃蠋 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿萎- 谓喂蠋胃蠅 蟿喂 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏蠈 渭慰蠀 蟿苇位渭伪 谓伪 魏维谓蔚喂 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 尾萎渭伪蟿伪 蟺委蟽蠅!
螞慰喂蟺蠈谓, 未蔚谓 胃苇位蠅 谓伪 伪谓伪蟺蟿蠉尉蠅 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 渭喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 萎未畏 渭喂伪 纬蔚谓喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻委位畏蠄畏 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰 渭喂伪 蟺维蟻伪 渭蠈谓慰 胃苇位蠅 谓伪 渭喂位萎蟽蠅 纬喂伪 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 蟺慰蠀 纬蔚谓谓萎胃畏魏伪谓 渭苇蟽伪 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰 蟺苇蟻伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼.
螒谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻委味蔚喂 蟿慰谓 螝喂谓纬魏 蟽伪 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 伪蟺蠉胃渭蔚谓畏 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 伪位畏胃喂谓慰蠉蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蔚 蔚魏尾喂维味蔚喂 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 伪蟺慰魏蟿维蟼 魏维蟺慰喂慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螠蔚 位委纬伪 位蠈纬喂伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂蟼 蟺维谓蟿伪 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂 蟽伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蠀渭蟺维蟽蠂蔚喂蟼 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 伪蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 渭伪味蔚渭苇谓畏 蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰谓 伪蟻喂胃渭蠈 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓, 魏伪喂 未畏 蟿蠅谓 魏蠉蟻喂蠅谓, 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 魏维谓慰蠀渭蔚 渭蔚 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼, 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏谓 维蟺慰蠄畏 渭慰蠀, 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀谓. 螤蟻蠋蟿慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 渭苇蟿蟻喂慰蟼 未喂魏畏纬蠈蟻慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 "慰蠀未苇蟿蔚蟻畏 蠂蟻慰喂维 " 魏伪喂 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏 蔚尉喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼, 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 慰 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿维渭蔚 伪蟻纬蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 渭伪谓慰蠉位伪 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 渭伪蟼 "蠂蟻蠅渭伪蟿委味蔚喂" 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 苇谓蟿慰谓伪 魏伪喂 维纬蟻喂伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 魏伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 畏 蟿蟻委蟿畏 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 畏 未蠀谓伪渭喂魏萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏萎 魏.Stansfield. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 渭喂魏蟻蠈蟼 伪蟻喂胃渭蠈蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂 蟺喂慰 魏慰谓蟿维 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 蠂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼. 螒谓 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪 蟺慰位蠉 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓蟿维 渭蔚 蟿慰 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰.
螛苇位蠅 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺蠅蟼 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 螝喂谓纬魏 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 蔚尉苇蟺位畏尉蔚. 螇蟿伪谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂伪 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 "位蠀蟻喂魏萎". 螌渭慰蟻蠁伪 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿畏渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 尾慰萎胃畏蟽伪谓 未喂伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏维 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 蟽蠀谓伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蔚蟺喂魏蔚委渭蔚谓畏蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂蟼 蔚尉伪蟻蠂萎蟼. 螤慰位蠉 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪!
螒蠂, 蟺蠈谓蔚蟽蔚 畏 魏伪蟻未慰蠉位伪 渭慰蠀 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪. 螤蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰 蟺维蔚喂 慰 螝喂谓纬魏 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 渭伪蟼 伪蟺慰纬蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 渭蔚 伪蟺慰纬慰萎蟿蔚蠀蟽蔚. 违蟺萎蟻尉蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蠂蟻蔚喂维蟽蟿畏魏伪 魏伪喂 蔚纬蠋 蟿畏谓 螠苇胃慰未慰 蟿蠅谓 伪谓伪蟺谓慰蠋谓! 韦慰 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蠅 伪谓蔚蟺喂蠁蠉位伪魏蟿伪 蟽蔚 蠈蟽慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺慰蠉谓 蟿慰 蟿伪位苇谓蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 螝喂谓纬魏.
螞慰喂蟺蠈谓, 未蔚谓 胃苇位蠅 谓伪 伪谓伪蟺蟿蠉尉蠅 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 渭喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 萎未畏 渭喂伪 纬蔚谓喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻委位畏蠄畏 蟺维谓蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 魏蔚委渭蔚谓慰 渭喂伪 蟺维蟻伪 渭蠈谓慰 胃苇位蠅 谓伪 渭喂位萎蟽蠅 纬喂伪 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 蟺慰蠀 纬蔚谓谓萎胃畏魏伪谓 渭苇蟽伪 渭蔚蟿维 蟿慰 蟺苇蟻伪蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼.
螒谓 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻委味蔚喂 蟿慰谓 螝喂谓纬魏 蟽伪 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 伪蟺蠉胃渭蔚谓畏 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 伪位畏胃喂谓慰蠉蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蔚 蔚魏尾喂维味蔚喂 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 伪蟺慰魏蟿维蟼 魏维蟺慰喂慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螠蔚 位委纬伪 位蠈纬喂伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬蔚喂蟼 蟺维谓蟿伪 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂 蟽伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蠀渭蟺维蟽蠂蔚喂蟼 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 伪蠀蟿萎 蔚委谓伪喂 渭伪味蔚渭苇谓畏 蠅蟼 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰谓 伪蟻喂胃渭蠈 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓, 魏伪喂 未畏 蟿蠅谓 魏蠉蟻喂蠅谓, 蠋蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 魏维谓慰蠀渭蔚 渭蔚 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼, 魏伪蟿维 蟿畏谓 维蟺慰蠄畏 渭慰蠀, 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰蠀谓. 螤蟻蠋蟿慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 渭苇蟿蟻喂慰蟼 未喂魏畏纬蠈蟻慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 "慰蠀未苇蟿蔚蟻畏 蠂蟻慰喂维 " 魏伪喂 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏 蔚尉喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼, 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 慰 纬喂伪蟿蟻蠈蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿维渭蔚 伪蟻纬蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 渭伪谓慰蠉位伪 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 渭伪蟼 "蠂蟻蠅渭伪蟿委味蔚喂" 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 纬委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 苇谓蟿慰谓伪 魏伪喂 维纬蟻喂伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿维 魏伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 畏 蟿蟻委蟿畏 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 畏 未蠀谓伪渭喂魏萎 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏萎 魏.Stansfield. 螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 渭喂魏蟻蠈蟼 伪蟻喂胃渭蠈蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 尾慰畏胃维蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟽蟿慰 谓伪 苇蟻胃蔚喂 蟺喂慰 魏慰谓蟿维 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蟻蔚喂蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 蠂维谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼. 螒谓 魏伪喂 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪 蟺慰位蠉 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓蟿维 渭蔚 蟿慰 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰.
螛苇位蠅 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰 蟺蠅蟼 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 螝喂谓纬魏 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 蔚尉苇蟺位畏尉蔚. 螇蟿伪谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂伪 魏伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 "位蠀蟻喂魏萎". 螌渭慰蟻蠁伪 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿畏渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟿维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 尾慰萎胃畏蟽伪谓 未喂伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏维 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟿慰 蟽蠀谓伪委蟽胃畏渭伪 蔚蟺喂魏蔚委渭蔚谓畏蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂蟼 蔚尉伪蟻蠂萎蟼. 螤慰位蠉 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 蔚蠀蠂伪蟻喂蟽蟿萎胃畏魏伪!
螒蠂, 蟺蠈谓蔚蟽蔚 畏 魏伪蟻未慰蠉位伪 渭慰蠀 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪. 螤蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 谓伪 未蠅 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰 蟺维蔚喂 慰 螝喂谓纬魏 魏伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 胃伪 渭伪蟼 伪蟺慰纬蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 渭蔚 伪蟺慰纬慰萎蟿蔚蠀蟽蔚. 违蟺萎蟻尉蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蠂蟻蔚喂维蟽蟿畏魏伪 魏伪喂 蔚纬蠋 蟿畏谓 螠苇胃慰未慰 蟿蠅谓 伪谓伪蟺谓慰蠋谓! 韦慰 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蠅 伪谓蔚蟺喂蠁蠉位伪魏蟿伪 蟽蔚 蠈蟽慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺慰蠉谓 蟿慰 蟿伪位苇谓蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 螝喂谓纬魏.
December 20, 2015
This one gave me the creeps alright.Had to learn the breathing method with bated breath for most part.Successfully annulled the effects of reading four Wodehouses in a row.
November 9, 2020
賮讴乇 賲蹖讴乇丿賲 鬲丕 丨丕賱丕 丕爻鬲賮賳 讴蹖賳诏 賳禺賵賳丿賲貨 賵賱蹖 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 禺賵賳丿賲 馃榿
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 蹖丕丿賲賴. 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 賵賱蹖 亘丿噩賵乇 鬲賵 匕賴賳賲 丨讴 卮丿賴. 诏丕賴蹖 鬲賵蹖 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 丕爻鬲乇爻 夭丕 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖丕賲 賵 賲蹖亘蹖賳賲 丿丕乇賲 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 賴賲蹖賳 鬲讴賳蹖讴 鬲賳賮爻 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲.
卮丕蹖丿 鬲氐賵乇 氐丨賳賴 鬲氐丕丿賮 賵 睾賱胤蹖丿賳 爻乇 賯胤毓 卮丿賴 蹖 蹖讴 夭賳 亘丕乇丿丕乇 鬲賳賴丕 讴賮 禺蹖丕亘賵賳 丿乇爻鬲 噩賱賵蹖 亘蹖賲丕乇爻鬲丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳賽 郾鄣 爻丕賱賴 賴賳賵夭 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賴賵賱賳丕讴 亘賵丿賴.
丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵亘 蹖丕丿賲賴. 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 趩乇丕 賵賱蹖 亘丿噩賵乇 鬲賵 匕賴賳賲 丨讴 卮丿賴. 诏丕賴蹖 鬲賵蹖 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 丕爻鬲乇爻 夭丕 亘賴 禺賵丿賲 賲蹖丕賲 賵 賲蹖亘蹖賳賲 丿丕乇賲 亘賴 丕賳噩丕賲 賴賲蹖賳 鬲讴賳蹖讴 鬲賳賮爻 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲.
卮丕蹖丿 鬲氐賵乇 氐丨賳賴 鬲氐丕丿賮 賵 睾賱胤蹖丿賳 爻乇 賯胤毓 卮丿賴 蹖 蹖讴 夭賳 亘丕乇丿丕乇 鬲賳賴丕 讴賮 禺蹖丕亘賵賳 丿乇爻鬲 噩賱賵蹖 亘蹖賲丕乇爻鬲丕賳 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳賽 郾鄣 爻丕賱賴 賴賳賵夭 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賴賵賱賳丕讴 亘賵丿賴.
April 19, 2011
Unfortunately, my enjoyment of this novella was marred by the fact my audio copy was a dud. It skipped near-constantly, which meant that I had to keep the e-book open to read the whole paragraphs it missed out. I could and probably should have just switched over and read the whole thing, but instead I kept hoping it would fix itself. It was so short I figured I'd put up with it.
Not much over two hours, "The Breathing Method" is at least half the length of the others in the Different Seasons collection. According to King, it was included because his publishers wanted a familiar touch of horror alongside his less familiar genre writing. And it is familiar. Anyone who's read "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" will recognise the framing device used to tell "The Breathing Method". It's set in a mysterious gentleman's club, filled with items made by companies that don't exist, corridors that go on for miles, and an ageless butler. The framing becomes increasingly compelling, but I think King could have done more with it than limiting it to just these two, largely unremarkable stories. "The Breathing Method" itself - about a pregnant woman whose commitment to Lamaze extends beyond death - is gory and shocking, but, I fear, will prove forgettable. It's a not-entirely-satisfying little morsel and sadly one of my least favourites by King in a while.
My opinion isn't aided by the Afterword, in which King self-deprecatingly mentions that he writes "plain tales for plain people", "the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries." I think we all know he's no literary genius, but modesty that extends to insulting your reader's taste is rather unpalatable.
Not much over two hours, "The Breathing Method" is at least half the length of the others in the Different Seasons collection. According to King, it was included because his publishers wanted a familiar touch of horror alongside his less familiar genre writing. And it is familiar. Anyone who's read "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" will recognise the framing device used to tell "The Breathing Method". It's set in a mysterious gentleman's club, filled with items made by companies that don't exist, corridors that go on for miles, and an ageless butler. The framing becomes increasingly compelling, but I think King could have done more with it than limiting it to just these two, largely unremarkable stories. "The Breathing Method" itself - about a pregnant woman whose commitment to Lamaze extends beyond death - is gory and shocking, but, I fear, will prove forgettable. It's a not-entirely-satisfying little morsel and sadly one of my least favourites by King in a while.
My opinion isn't aided by the Afterword, in which King self-deprecatingly mentions that he writes "plain tales for plain people", "the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries." I think we all know he's no literary genius, but modesty that extends to insulting your reader's taste is rather unpalatable.
May 22, 2018
3.5 stars
April 19, 2020
A novella of less than a 100 pages, I finished this in one read which is probably why I was so mesmerized by it. There were moments when it got so mysterious that I had to keep the book away from me for 10 seconds to make sure I get to sleep during the night. Although I would not categorize this under horror at all which is exactly why this is a must read. A very ordinary story made so engrossing by the extraordinary writing. I would have preferred the mystery of the club being revealed in the end but the open-endedness makes your heads wrapped around the thrill just a little longer.
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