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We’re onto the second short story in this collection called Secret Window, Secret Garden where King is back to writing about a writer. It feels a little too soon after the Dark Half, but we’ll see how it goes. So far, the lead up has been good; it’s fast-paced and creepy in a whodunit way. The interest has been piqued, can’t wait to see where this goes.

It’s all about the space time continuum and having to go back through a rip in time and the Langoliers are supposedly the guardians of time. This was such a fascinating story. The way they came to a resolution was so intense and the sacrifices some of them had to make. What a great story, very good pacing with interesting characters.

So now everyone can see these Langoliers and they’re creepy and fast, with little legs? The descriptions aren’t 100% there of what they’re supposed to look like, but the fact that they move fast, is. All of our characters are now running away from them but Craig might be the one who can stop and save them? 1 chapter left; how will it end?

What. The. Heck. Just happened?! Craig is crazy? Or are we being led to believe that? Dinah could be more than just a blind girl? Hmm some pieces may start falling into place. It’s nice to see we’re getting more background to this nightmare; the more we get, the creepier it is. It’s all very fast-paced and well told. The characters are also quite memorable, too.

We’ve got background on some of our surviving characters. It’s playing really well into the main story because it gives us a sense of who we’re working with. Craig is awful, but he has his reasons… and he’s the one who brings up the Langoliers and Dinah the blind girl who can sense more than others. There’s a lot at play the reader is terrified of what’s to come.

This has started off very gripping in the sense that our setting is a plane flying 36,000 feet in the air… and passengers on the plane have gone missing. We have a group of people who are still onboard, but no idea why they were chosen. This is frightful and suspenseful, which has gained the reader’s attention 100%!

Quite gripping until the very end, as it unfolds how these two are connected and how they work; how intricate it all is. The reader was on the edge of their seat trying to piece it all together and who would survive, would one of them crumble. The ending definitely worked well here and the reader wasn’t disappointed.

We’re on the precipice of figuring this all out. George & Thad do feel like 2 different people, BUT we’ve gotten so much info that could swing the other way that this reader is still slightly conflicted they need to see how it ends. King’s little breadcrumbs have been so fun to follow and put together; it’s never enough to know the whole picture, but enough for the reader to paint their own; very thrilling.

We’re now led to believe that Thad and George are two separate people who look exactly the same… because we’re pretty sure they are the same person, we just don’t know how to prove it yet. Especially when people have seen both. The parts with Pangborn going after the doctor that treated Thad as a child is what the reader is invested in right now, but those parts have been so small. We need more!

Things are building up. I like that King has added the fact that Thad has twins of his own to reflect how he and George Stark could be related. It’s an interesting dynamic and a good device to show there is another possibility in all this. We still don’t really know who George is, or if he’s actually real, but at least it doesn’t feel like we’re at a standstill. King has kept this moving and fast paced.

Well we’re still at a cross between George Stark being a real person come to life out of Thad’s book or it’s all in Thad’s head and he’s crazy. The reader hasn’t decided which side they’re on because both feel so compelling to be the truth. King has set this up so well that all we can do is read on to find out more. It’s so thrilling & exhilarating to read. Strong characters and a strong plot so far.

This is still fast-paced, but some of the chapters moved a little slower as the reader tried to put this together. At first we’re led to believe that Thad’s book characters are coming to life, but maybe that’s not the case. Maybe he’s subconsciously writing all this and none of it is real? The reader is real curious. Thad is an interesting character that we want more backstory on.

Well, there have been 2 murders and somehow Thad’s DNA has shown up at both crime scenes, leading the cops to believing he committed them. But it’s all so suspicious that the sheriff doesn’t think everything adds up. The reader has some theories, but they’re also so locked in they can’t wait to read more to piece things together. Very fast-paced!

We’re introduced to Thad who is a writer and his story starts with him giving an interview that outs himself that his writer pseudonym is George Stark. Not sure how this fits in with the grave robbing chapter we get, but we’re excited to find out. Also this feels like a big nod to King being outed as Bachman.