If it Bleeds -

Stephen King

Hodder & Stoughton

2020

449 páginas

14h 58m

ISBN-10: B07YNFC8FP

The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller featuring the story 'The Life of Chuck', adapted for film by Mike Flanagan, starring Tom Hiddleston and winner of the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

News people have a saying:

'If it bleeds, it leads'.

Following a horrific explosion at a school, Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency notices something suspicious about the TV reporter who is first on the scene. In this riveting title story, Holly sets out to discover what he is hiding in her first solo crime case.

Dancing alongside this stand-alone sequel to The Outsider are three more irresistible long stories: 'Mr Harrigan's Phone' sees young Craig introduce a curmudgeonly retired businessman to the wonders of the smartphone; 'The Life of Chuck' is a three act life-story - told in reverse order - about a man whose face appears on a billboard; and 'Rat' sees a struggling author head to a remote cabin in the woods of North Maine, where a deal-making rodent offers him a life-changing pact.

Resenhas (19)

3 (Bom)

Quatro short stories, grandes demais para serem contos, pequenas demais para serem romances. São todas ok, mas nada perto do que King conseguiu em "Escuridão total, sem estrelas".

Se você (como eu) ainda não leu The Outsider, não leia o conto título desse livro. Os spoilers quase me fizeram perder a vontade de lê-lo. Também não sou particularmente fã da trupe de Bill Hodges - Jerome, Holly, Barbara - eles sempre me pareceram uma diversidade artificial, forçada, um grupo sem química, mas enfim, essa é apenas minha opinião.

Pedreira, SP. 28/07/2020