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A Face in the Crowd
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The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond, in an eBook original to be published on August 21, 2012.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….
The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond, in an eBook original to be published on August 21, 2012.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….
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First published August 21, 2012
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Stephen King
2,648 books883k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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October 19, 2020
(B) 74% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Sluggish, it plays small ball with story: sliding in safe on sentiment with little zing to its swing on the follow through.
Notes: Sluggish, it plays small ball with story: sliding in safe on sentiment with little zing to its swing on the follow through.
July 28, 2025
“Look at me,” Evers said. “I’m on TV, therefore I exist.”
― Stephen King, A Face in the Crowd
This was a creepy little read. I'd been wanting to check this one out for a long time but did not have an E reader. Luckily that has changed.
So I was pulled in immediately. And this is the type of King that I love..eerie rather then gory or outright in your face scary.
I kind of felt like I was watching an episode of the twilight zone. Remember that wonderful show? I loved it as a kid. Used to watch it all the time. And this was like going back in time.
So the story, short as it was, was really interesting. And intense. I have no quibbles with it but I guess I really wish it had been even 10 or 20 pages longer. It is really kind of over in the blink of an eye. I wanted more "Twilight Zone" effect.
But as short as it was it really leaves a mark. I will not be forgetting this anytime soon.
I am not, nor will I ever be, a Baseball fan but I really do not think you have to be to get into this story.
I LOVED the premise. And it is awesome that such a short book could be that thought provoking AND be so rich in atmosphere and have such wonderful characterizations. I mean..the whole thing is like only 30 pages! But it was a fun read.
Recommended to those who like eerie little stories.
― Stephen King, A Face in the Crowd
This was a creepy little read. I'd been wanting to check this one out for a long time but did not have an E reader. Luckily that has changed.
So I was pulled in immediately. And this is the type of King that I love..eerie rather then gory or outright in your face scary.
I kind of felt like I was watching an episode of the twilight zone. Remember that wonderful show? I loved it as a kid. Used to watch it all the time. And this was like going back in time.
So the story, short as it was, was really interesting. And intense. I have no quibbles with it but I guess I really wish it had been even 10 or 20 pages longer. It is really kind of over in the blink of an eye. I wanted more "Twilight Zone" effect.
But as short as it was it really leaves a mark. I will not be forgetting this anytime soon.
I am not, nor will I ever be, a Baseball fan but I really do not think you have to be to get into this story.
I LOVED the premise. And it is awesome that such a short book could be that thought provoking AND be so rich in atmosphere and have such wonderful characterizations. I mean..the whole thing is like only 30 pages! But it was a fun read.
Recommended to those who like eerie little stories.
April 12, 2020
Deans wife has died and he has moved on to Florida. Alone at home he turns to watching baseball games. All of a sudden long dead people appear among the audience. What is going on here? Is Dean still alive? You can watch the main stages of a life during a baseball game. Interesting story with lots of baseball and eerie moments (when people who must be long gone appear in the audience). You look inside the mind of the main character and come to think about his life. There are parallels to the lives of every single one of us. So it is a book of importance. Liked it in a way. Recommended!
April 27, 2023
I almost did not read this book because of baseball.
Seriously, I fail to understand this sport (my European-born brain must be lacking a baseball neuron, I suppose)¹. 'Twilight' pseudo-vampires engaging in this American pastime did not help this sport win credibility with me, so you can at least partially blame Stephenie Meyer, I guess.
Where this story does shine is characterization - something we may not necessarily expect from a short story *this* short (the page count is a bit inflated by including excerpts from King's Talisman and Black House). By the end of it you *know* Dean Evers - in a way he wouldn't want you to know him, surely. His loneliness and sense of loss and - of course - inner ugly monsters lurking under the seemingly ordinary shell. As he watches a parade of people from his life on the TV screen - those people all dead, by the way - and is reminded of the ugliness that was always present in his life, you get a nagging feeling that despite superficial similarities, there will be no saccharine-sweet ending of A Christmas Carol, nossir.
All in all, it was an enjoyable short read. Bring on more baseball stories! (Ok, I may be kidding here, I'm not yet ready for that).
3.5 stars. Good. Not amazing, but good.
Seriously, I fail to understand this sport (my European-born brain must be lacking a baseball neuron, I suppose)¹. 'Twilight' pseudo-vampires engaging in this American pastime did not help this sport win credibility with me, so you can at least partially blame Stephenie Meyer, I guess.
¹ Seriously, my facial expression when people start discussing baseball around me is akin to the facial expressions of my American colleagues when I started singing praises to biathlon during the Winter Olympics.But then I thought - hey, it's Stephen King writing about baseball, and that combo somehow worked amazingly for me in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and I should be open-minded, and why the hell not?
My feeble attempts at garnering enthusiasm (Hey, it's skiing and shooting! It's USEFUL!) were met with carefully blank stares. See below.
The best approximation of abovementioned facial expression that internet could provide.
Whatevs. The greatness of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is clearly not for everyone.
I needn't have worried. Baseball is just a backdrop in this very short story and could have been replaced by any sport that has major televised coverage. Even though ice dancing as a backdrop may have not been quite appropriate for the tone King is trying to set.This story for Stephen King's Constant Readers is nothing new - but there's nothing bad about that. It's more psychological than horror, as we came to expect from Uncle Stevie. It has trademark brilliant narrative voice slowly creating an uneasy atmosphere - because King is excellent at believable and relatable narration that makes you feel that you're siting around a campfire listening to a bit of carefully crafted spookiness. The ending is actually a bit subdued as far as King goes, but manages to hold its own.
Where this story does shine is characterization - something we may not necessarily expect from a short story *this* short (the page count is a bit inflated by including excerpts from King's Talisman and Black House). By the end of it you *know* Dean Evers - in a way he wouldn't want you to know him, surely. His loneliness and sense of loss and - of course - inner ugly monsters lurking under the seemingly ordinary shell. As he watches a parade of people from his life on the TV screen - those people all dead, by the way - and is reminded of the ugliness that was always present in his life, you get a nagging feeling that despite superficial similarities, there will be no saccharine-sweet ending of A Christmas Carol, nossir.
All in all, it was an enjoyable short read. Bring on more baseball stories! (Ok, I may be kidding here, I'm not yet ready for that).
3.5 stars. Good. Not amazing, but good.
March 17, 2014
3.5
I used to be a huge baseball fan in the 80's. The Blue Jays were my team. My mom and my brother were fans as well- and in baseball we formed a bond. Watching the games on T.V and seeing the games up close and personal in Toronto- warm beer and crappy hot dogs never tasted soooooooo good. But then my brother moved to Atlanta and became a Braves fan, and I moved out of the Toronto area, where Blue Jays fans were hard to come by...and my love for baseball just faded away.
When I came across A FACE IN THE CROWD I really wasn't sure if it was going to be for me- A story about a man watching a ball game? Hmmm I don't know- but the nice thing about e-book singles is they don't cost a lot, and they are over before you know it- so really there is not a lot to lose in trying...
Dean Evers is lonely widower living in Florida- He recently lost his wife to a stroke, he isn't close to his son, and he doesn't have many friends left to fill the void. Evers life now consists of learning to cook for himself, reading thrillers and watching baseball- to distract himself from the sudden absence of his wife.
One night while watching the Rays take on the Mariners- he sees a familiar face in the crowd- The face of his old childhood dentist- who couldn't possibly be alive. The next night another face appears, and a pattern starts to take shape- as people from Evers past keep on coming.
A FACE IN THE CROWD for some reason reminded me a little of a scary version of the 1950s T.V show- This is Your Life and a little of A Christmas Carol- with only the ghosts of the past streaming in to remind Dean the way he treated some of his loved ones and acquaintances.
An entertaining story for fans of King and O'Nan. This was MUCH better than I expected. I love when that happens!
May 28, 2021
3.5*
"Si fuera posible volver atrás en una máquina del tiempo y cambiar las idioteces que algunos hacíamos en el colegio y en el instituto, viejo amigo, ese artilugio estaría ocupado sin parar hasta el siglo XXIII (...)
Los adultos tenían más conocimiento, pero los niños eran tontos por naturaleza. A veces también malévolos por naturaleza"
"A lo mejor no está —pensó—. A lo mejor los fantasmas no quedan grabados, igual que los vampiros no se reflejan en un espejo"
Un relato bastante conmovedor sobre la soledad y el paso del tiempo.Intentar buscar refugio en alguien o algo.
Malas decisiones y malas acciones de la vida que te atormentan... Porque los fantasmas pueden tener muchas formas y rostros. Y En la vida nada es gratis, De alguna forma, algún día, alguien tiene que pagar(!?)
"Si fuera posible volver atrás en una máquina del tiempo y cambiar las idioteces que algunos hacíamos en el colegio y en el instituto, viejo amigo, ese artilugio estaría ocupado sin parar hasta el siglo XXIII (...)
Los adultos tenían más conocimiento, pero los niños eran tontos por naturaleza. A veces también malévolos por naturaleza"
"A lo mejor no está —pensó—. A lo mejor los fantasmas no quedan grabados, igual que los vampiros no se reflejan en un espejo"
Un relato bastante conmovedor sobre la soledad y el paso del tiempo.Intentar buscar refugio en alguien o algo.
Malas decisiones y malas acciones de la vida que te atormentan... Porque los fantasmas pueden tener muchas formas y rostros. Y En la vida nada es gratis, De alguna forma, algún día, alguien tiene que pagar(!?)
December 24, 2024
Stephen King's short story leaves you wondering from page 1 and shaking your head by the end, as he recounts a tale that sets America's pastime on its head, or at least its fans. When our main character sees long-ago friends and family on screen while watching 'the ball game', no one knows what to expect. King weaves a detailed tale and has you wondering as only he can, until you reach THE END.
Not exactly a mystery, a horror, or much of anything other than fiction, King entices the reader with much baseball lingo and a backstory that rings true for many retired folks. Well worth the 30 min read and full of interesting character foundation, though it need not go anywhere, save for another trip to the Diamond.
Not exactly a mystery, a horror, or much of anything other than fiction, King entices the reader with much baseball lingo and a backstory that rings true for many retired folks. Well worth the 30 min read and full of interesting character foundation, though it need not go anywhere, save for another trip to the Diamond.
December 11, 2022
2.5 rounded up, not a favourite.
July 3, 2024
What do you do if you are watching an otherwise meaningless baseball game and a person you have believed to be dead for twenty years suddenly appears in the premium seats? During the course of their season long diary that became Faithful, Stephen King posed this question to Stewart O’Nan. I recently reread Faithful a week ago and must not have caught that reference the first time around. Nearly ten years later, the writers teamed up again to pen this short story. I am not one to read King’s spooky thrillers, but I can stomach a short story about baseball; although, I might be reluctant to watch a game for a few days. My overreactive imagination does that to me. Hence, no scary anything past noon or I will have nightmares. It is nine am. I just read a Stephen King story. Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight.
In a twist to A Christmas Story, widower Dean Evers turns on a Tampa Rays game and views his childhood dentist in the stands. The next night it’s his business partner. The third night a kid that he and his group of friends taunted in grammar school. Are these people being sent from the afterlife to send Evers a message? Are these phantoms just a figment of his imagination? The writers will not say if Evers is watching an alternate universe baseball game or if he is contemplating his life while he watches a ballgame every night. Whether the characters are dead or alive or in some parallel existence the readers have to decide for themselves. Regardless, we are treated to some high end ball games from sometime between the years 2007-11 when both the Rays and Red Sox were competing for a division title each year. These writers and their protagonist will be loyal Sox fans to the end.
This season my team is going down the tubes fast. I could say their season is as scary as a full length King novel, which I may or may not take the plunge and read this year. Taking the time to read rhis short story gives one pause for thought. Sadly an alternate universe does not exist where fans can change outcomes of games so that their team always wins. If that existed, I’m sure that King would have thought of it by now. What he has thought through is the narrow passage being living and dead and how one goes about communicating between the realms. This he has made a living out of. He also happens to be a huge baseball fan and attended games at Fenway Park religiously before he moved to Florida full time. So is O’Nan. The two of them should collaborate more often. Their writing brings out the best in each other and is a joy to read, even if my imagination might be paying for it later tonight. Perhaps I better skip the ballgames tonight and read a book with a happy ending just in case.
4 stars
In a twist to A Christmas Story, widower Dean Evers turns on a Tampa Rays game and views his childhood dentist in the stands. The next night it’s his business partner. The third night a kid that he and his group of friends taunted in grammar school. Are these people being sent from the afterlife to send Evers a message? Are these phantoms just a figment of his imagination? The writers will not say if Evers is watching an alternate universe baseball game or if he is contemplating his life while he watches a ballgame every night. Whether the characters are dead or alive or in some parallel existence the readers have to decide for themselves. Regardless, we are treated to some high end ball games from sometime between the years 2007-11 when both the Rays and Red Sox were competing for a division title each year. These writers and their protagonist will be loyal Sox fans to the end.
This season my team is going down the tubes fast. I could say their season is as scary as a full length King novel, which I may or may not take the plunge and read this year. Taking the time to read rhis short story gives one pause for thought. Sadly an alternate universe does not exist where fans can change outcomes of games so that their team always wins. If that existed, I’m sure that King would have thought of it by now. What he has thought through is the narrow passage being living and dead and how one goes about communicating between the realms. This he has made a living out of. He also happens to be a huge baseball fan and attended games at Fenway Park religiously before he moved to Florida full time. So is O’Nan. The two of them should collaborate more often. Their writing brings out the best in each other and is a joy to read, even if my imagination might be paying for it later tonight. Perhaps I better skip the ballgames tonight and read a book with a happy ending just in case.
4 stars
August 25, 2012
This is good my fellow Constant Readers, just not...wow. I can't speak of O'Nan's work, but for King this is a fairly familiar and predictable story idea. The execution is nice, the prose tight and strong, but unlike countless other times in my life, he just didn't blow my skirt up with this short novella.
Still, it's always such a joy to slip into King's world, his rhythmic use of language, his crystalline images and always effective creation of dread and unease. It's perhaps morbid of me to consider that I have way less unread King ahead of me than behind me. In that context, every new thing is precious in its own way, even this simple story about love of the game (baseball that is) and the sharp regrets that come with the measure of a full life.
April 29, 2023
Story 3.75 stars**
Audio 3.75 stars**
Narrator Graig Wasson
Audio 3.75 stars**
Narrator Graig Wasson
October 4, 2023
Wow! I will never be able to watch a baseball game again without thinking about this story! This story is so unusual - it makes you think of all the people who have passed away - where are they really? Stephen King has a real talent for taking what we assume is normal and turning it inside out; then you have to look at it and wonder if you will ever be able to forget.
January 13, 2015
A short e-read about loss, death and a look back on how you have treated people in your life that will definitely make you think about the past. The baseball setting made it more interesting for me.
December 31, 2020
Escalofriante
December 14, 2022
Tenía sin leer este relato de King y aprovechando que necesitábamos leer algo en el que aparecieran fantasmas elegimos este.
Os aviso de que no soy muy de relatos por lo que mi opinión igual está influenciada por este hecho.
Sin duda se nota la influencia del Rey en la historia, las descripciones, la forma de narrar para meter al lector en situación. Casi como si estuviéramos con Dean en su salón poniendo la Tv para ver el partido. Sí que es cierto que el entorno esta vez no me ha cautivado. Quizás porque todo está basado en el béisbol y para mí, es un deporte bastante desconocido.
Y es que nuestro prota, desde la muerte de su mujer, pasa los días tirado en su sofá viendo partidos de este deporte.
Un día de repente se da cuenta de que entre el público aparece una cara que conoce, pero ¿cómo es posible? Debe estar equivocado… esa persona… no puede estar ahí… ni ahí ni en ningún sitio.
A partir de ese día Dean comenzará un viaje sin retorno en el que repasará muchos de los acontecimientos que han marcado su vida (bueno, “muchos” que al fin y al cabo es un relato).
La verdad es que se me ha hecho un poco pesadete y no me ha parecido muy original porque me ha recordado mucho a un clásico de la literatura que nos os pongo para no destriparos el meollo de la historia. Así que, si juntamos esto con el tema del baseball pues se queda con un aprobadillo raspado. Pero por ser King se lo perdono.
Os aviso de que no soy muy de relatos por lo que mi opinión igual está influenciada por este hecho.
Sin duda se nota la influencia del Rey en la historia, las descripciones, la forma de narrar para meter al lector en situación. Casi como si estuviéramos con Dean en su salón poniendo la Tv para ver el partido. Sí que es cierto que el entorno esta vez no me ha cautivado. Quizás porque todo está basado en el béisbol y para mí, es un deporte bastante desconocido.
Y es que nuestro prota, desde la muerte de su mujer, pasa los días tirado en su sofá viendo partidos de este deporte.
Un día de repente se da cuenta de que entre el público aparece una cara que conoce, pero ¿cómo es posible? Debe estar equivocado… esa persona… no puede estar ahí… ni ahí ni en ningún sitio.
A partir de ese día Dean comenzará un viaje sin retorno en el que repasará muchos de los acontecimientos que han marcado su vida (bueno, “muchos” que al fin y al cabo es un relato).
La verdad es que se me ha hecho un poco pesadete y no me ha parecido muy original porque me ha recordado mucho a un clásico de la literatura que nos os pongo para no destriparos el meollo de la historia. Así que, si juntamos esto con el tema del baseball pues se queda con un aprobadillo raspado. Pero por ser King se lo perdono.
August 5, 2021
Este es un relato escrito conjuntamente entre Stephen King y Stewart O'Nan, aunque se habla de beisbol no trata sobre eso, y no es la trama principal del libro, y aunque no sepas nada sobre ese deporte se puede leer perfectamente.
En este relato conoceremos a Dean Evers, un viudo que pasa sus días viendo viendo partidos de beisbol, hasta que un día viendo uno de esos partidos cree reconocer a alguién de su pasado en las gradas. Pero eso es imposible, porque esa persona está muerta. Que le está pasando....
A raiz de este hecho Dean comienza a rememerar hechos de su pasado y a arrepentirse de algunas cosas que hizo cuando era joven, hasta llegar a un final que me ha sorprendido.
En este relato conoceremos a Dean Evers, un viudo que pasa sus días viendo viendo partidos de beisbol, hasta que un día viendo uno de esos partidos cree reconocer a alguién de su pasado en las gradas. Pero eso es imposible, porque esa persona está muerta. Que le está pasando....
A raiz de este hecho Dean comienza a rememerar hechos de su pasado y a arrepentirse de algunas cosas que hizo cuando era joven, hasta llegar a un final que me ha sorprendido.
April 12, 2021
Lo hubiese disfrutado más si entendiese las referencias del baseball, no ha estado mal pero no es lo que esperaba.
El relato se centra en el dolor, la pérdida y soledad de un hombre viudo avanzado en edad que se refugia y aísla en su casa con sólo la tv y los partidos baseball como compañeros de rutina, pero es víctima de los fantasmas de sus pasado que lo lo atormentan por las malas acciones que alguna vez cometió.
El relato se centra en el dolor, la pérdida y soledad de un hombre viudo avanzado en edad que se refugia y aísla en su casa con sólo la tv y los partidos baseball como compañeros de rutina, pero es víctima de los fantasmas de sus pasado que lo lo atormentan por las malas acciones que alguna vez cometió.
April 3, 2022
The story itself was not bad, however, for such a short novella, it kind of dragged on. It wasn't creepy or thrilling one bit, and I don't see how this is categorized as "horror," but that's just me.
September 15, 2012
I felt i was amidst a scrooge tale of sorts, with a revisiting of the protagonists ills but the circumstances prove to be even grimmer with a stephen king twist on a story that has the main protagonist as an average guy whose a avid baseball fan.
Was shorter than i desired but a nice little supernatural baseball story.
Review also @ http://more2read.com/review/a-face-in-the-crowd-by-stephen-king-stewart-onan/
Was shorter than i desired but a nice little supernatural baseball story.
Review also @ http://more2read.com/review/a-face-in-the-crowd-by-stephen-king-stewart-onan/
October 14, 2020
Si te gusta el béisbol y el suspenso, este libro es para ti. Una historia corta acerca de un hombre llamado Dean Evers que se encuentra con personajes de su pasado.
Entretenido y fácil de leer.
Entretenido y fácil de leer.
September 9, 2012
BAAAAASSSSEEEEBBBAAAALLLLLL!!!! *shakes fist*
I like baseball. Well, I like watching it. Not really reading about it, so the fact that King loves writing about it is... Well, I forgive him. He's King.
But thankfully, this story was less about the baseball than it was about the guy watching baseball. And though this is a very short story, only 32 pages on my Nook, it was a good one. Not great, and not really up to the standards that I've come to expect from King, but good.
I think it just lacked a little something to really bring it to life. Maybe it was the length that worked against it. We got a rough sketch of the characters in the story, but King's characters are usually masterpieces, and I found myself wanting to know more about them.
Still, for what this story is, it's good. Entertaining, a quick read, and not all baseball stats and plays, which I was kind of dreading.
He made me want to read a Harlan Coben book too, which is always a plus. Thanks for the rec, Papa King! :D
I like baseball. Well, I like watching it. Not really reading about it, so the fact that King loves writing about it is... Well, I forgive him. He's King.
But thankfully, this story was less about the baseball than it was about the guy watching baseball. And though this is a very short story, only 32 pages on my Nook, it was a good one. Not great, and not really up to the standards that I've come to expect from King, but good.
I think it just lacked a little something to really bring it to life. Maybe it was the length that worked against it. We got a rough sketch of the characters in the story, but King's characters are usually masterpieces, and I found myself wanting to know more about them.
Still, for what this story is, it's good. Entertaining, a quick read, and not all baseball stats and plays, which I was kind of dreading.
He made me want to read a Harlan Coben book too, which is always a plus. Thanks for the rec, Papa King! :D
April 19, 2024
La idea me ha gustado bastante, me parece original. Una versión diferente, una reformulación de un tópico muy explotado (no puedo decir cual es porque sería spoiler, se revela al final). Las descripciones se visualizan con facilidad y los personajes están bien delimitados. Tiene la ramificación en las historias de los personajes secundarios, que es algo común en King. Sin embargo, no me ha sorprendido ni cautivado demasiado.
Les dejo un video sobre el decálogo de King (por si les interesa): https://bit.ly/48YnNaa
Les dejo un video sobre el decálogo de King (por si les interesa): https://bit.ly/48YnNaa
December 7, 2021
Un relato de terror, bastante corto, pero lo suficientemente largo para contar lo que quería. No os voy a contar de qué va, para eso están las sinopsis que lo hacen mejor que yo. Solamente deciros que me ha gustado como el protagonista va pasando por distintos estados, desde el asombro o la incredulidad hasta que asume su destino. No me ha dado miedo, pero acongoja un poco como transcurre la historia.
July 8, 2015
Un cuento bastante malo y aburrido. Proponía una muy buena idea, pero me terminó resultando muy tedioso. Tiene un buen final, aunque yo por lo menos me lo esperaba.
Lo debería haber leído a la noche. Tengo problemas para dormir y este relato es el mejor soporífero.
Lo debería haber leído a la noche. Tengo problemas para dormir y este relato es el mejor soporífero.
November 18, 2012
I think we absolutely take for granted how lucky we are to have such a great living legend author as King among us. He's so often pigeonholed and lumped in one category or the other. He scare us (It), makes us hope (Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemtion)and causes us take inventory of ourselves and the content of our heart (The Green Mile). He's versatile. My kid's kids will read his stories in their literature books. They will have realized how lucky we were.
Face in the crowd is a fairly predictable little tale. What's amazing about this story, and almost any King story, is the spell King casts over the reader. Its fast acting and powerful. One paragraph into the story, you've blocked everything else out. It's just Constant Reader and the story. It's really that simple. It's a short read, with a satisfying ending, but for me A Face In The Crowd highlights beautifully Kings master ability to 'Tell The Tale,'
Face in the crowd is a fairly predictable little tale. What's amazing about this story, and almost any King story, is the spell King casts over the reader. Its fast acting and powerful. One paragraph into the story, you've blocked everything else out. It's just Constant Reader and the story. It's really that simple. It's a short read, with a satisfying ending, but for me A Face In The Crowd highlights beautifully Kings master ability to 'Tell The Tale,'
April 9, 2021
A short story by author Stephen King
Dean Evers sits in front of the television watching baseball. Dean is an elderly widower who has little else in life other than to watch baseball on television and is suddenly shocked to see a face in the crowd that he knows. Just in shot of the camera he spots a face from yesteryear who shouldn’t be at the game or anywhere else. Faces from Dean’s past start to appear in the crowd and all of them occupy the same seat behind the home plate.
This is quite a good short story and I would give it a 3.5 rating. The book captured my imagination and made me want to read more.
A good quick read.
Dean Evers sits in front of the television watching baseball. Dean is an elderly widower who has little else in life other than to watch baseball on television and is suddenly shocked to see a face in the crowd that he knows. Just in shot of the camera he spots a face from yesteryear who shouldn’t be at the game or anywhere else. Faces from Dean’s past start to appear in the crowd and all of them occupy the same seat behind the home plate.
This is quite a good short story and I would give it a 3.5 rating. The book captured my imagination and made me want to read more.
A good quick read.
September 3, 2012
This is a classic Stephen King book! Dean Evers is an avid baseball fan and watches all the games. When he starts to see familiar faces sitting in the stands behind home plate things start to get wierd. These people shouldn't be there at all. What does it mean? Things are only going to get wierder! Well done, Uncle Stevie! :)
October 22, 2019
Tiene elementos muy interesantes y es entretenido y sencillo de leer.
Me gustó, pero no me encantó, siento que pudo haber estado mejor.
Me gustó, pero no me encantó, siento que pudo haber estado mejor.
October 28, 2016
Eine gutgeschriebene Kurzgeschichte, die sprachlich und erzähltechnisch überzeugt. Besonders das Ende hat mir sehr gut gefallen.
Kritikpunkt: Wer sich mit Baseball nicht auskennt, wird sich teilweise langweilen.
Kritikpunkt: Wer sich mit Baseball nicht auskennt, wird sich teilweise langweilen.
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