Jake Goin’s Reviews > Skeleton Crew > Status Update

The Mist was very good. I like to think King didn't expand this into something tome-like 'cause he stuck true to an interpretation: this kind of situation wouldn't fizzle but blow up and over, quick and tragic. An (un)natural disaster provoking a conglomeration of natural responses in a pressure cooker. Without his usual usage of "big-voice" narrator to provide context, the claustrophobic POV is maximally effective.