The Odd One

I know I am odd in my ambivalent feelings for Stephen King.  Some people who have written critical comments about Gwendy's Magic Feather say that it isn't good because it is written by Chizmar and not King.  For me, I think it seems as if it is written by King alone!  I have been much more disappointed with King than Chizmar, though I do admit that I have enjoyed a lot of King's stuff.  I am just saying this reads like one of King's boring titles.  And there are many of those, too!  I liked the first one a lot!  And I know, I know, King is credited with the main authorship of that one...I'm just saying. 

Gwendy

Gwendy is a blend of a name, not a nickname from Gwendolyn.  The main character explains her name saying that her dad wanted Gwen and her mom wanted Wendy so she is Gwendy!  I like it!  Gwendy's Button Box was one I liked, too.  And in about 5 minutes I went from 3 to 4 to now thinking about changing my rating to a 5.  Because this was different and made me think.  And proves that Stephen King doesn't HAVE to use every word in the world to write a great, scary and thought-provoking story.  He wrote this with Richard Chizmar.  He is the creator and genius behind Cemetery Dance which is a publisher of horror novels and also the incredible Cemetery Dance magazine.  I should get a subscription.