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Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander’s darl past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn’t want to turn him in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to learn the real meaning of power–and the seductive lure of evil.
This acclaimed collection of four novellas by Stephen King also includes “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (basis for the Academy Award nominated film The Shawshank Redemption), “The Body” (inspiration for the motion picture Stand By Me), and “The Breathing Method.”… More >>
Apt Pupil : A Novella in Different Seasons
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I was never much of a Stephen King fan, really. This book was just too cold and chilling. Not the kind you want in a fiction novel. I found an author with a better taste for fiction. If anybody wants to read some really good fiction, rather than this trash, check out Frank Peretti’s,
“This present Darkness”
Rating: 1 / 5
I was never much of a Stephen King fan, really. I found an author with a better taste for fiction. If anybody wants to read some really good fiction, rather than this trash, check out Frank Peretti’s,
“This present Darkness”
Rating: 1 / 5
I listened to the audio book Apt Pupil 3 times. The audio version I must give credit to the reader Frank Mueller (I hope correct) Excellent choice.
My mind’s eye was full of vivid scenes; senses, of the modern day evil (of the the boy’s obession, with past evil of the war with Hitler:the heinous Nazi) The evil already of his (Todd’s)own soul, of unbridled anti-social-in-born-psychotic behavior played on my mind’s own screen.
The past evils of the old man and present evil of the young boy meshed as into one yet separate being. The assumed character in this story, never named but there it was almost holding one hand of the boys’s and the other the old man. Each battling for balance of their lives in more morbid twisted ways. Yet, so similar in their means of balancing themselves or their souls.
Never, finding peace or the norm of acceptible qualities on the inside, yet each were able to assimilate the normalcy on the outside. That was so cool (wink and smile)
Now I will read the book to find that error. There was a proof error. Who ever proof read this book should be more careful. That’s why only the 4 stars. There should not have been that error.
Also may I mention, there were no real people or animals injured or otherwise in making this book. That was all in your mind. This is fiction, a story, a great read.
Sorrowfully, there were real Nazi prison camps and millions of real people died there. This is a fact. It is a part of history that should not be forgotten and should never happen again.
Stephen if you read this write to me
Rating: 4 / 5
“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” was a real wonderful story and it really hit me differently than his other novels (novellas sorry….) Apt Pupil was great except for one major flaw; he did it all because of Mr. Dussander, right? WRONG! Todd is painted out to be way too perfect for my taste. He was only susceptable to the evil because he was truly evil inside! Anyway… The Body was probably my favorite of all of the stories. Just recently I rented “Stand by Me”, and thought tha it did the story justice. And finally “The Breathing Method” was THE most original stories I have read in a very long time. Maybe not the actual story, but I never would have guessed where it was going from where it started! Anyway thanks for listening to my rambles!
BTW- Those who have read ‘Salem’s Lot, remember the scene at the beginning where Ben meets Susan in the park? When her mother talks about his new book and the strange prison scenes? Seem familiar?
Rating: 5 / 5
The only thing King has published that I actively dislike. I found it impossible to care about any character and thought the story could have (and should have) been told in about 100 pages. Hollywood might actually fix this one. Flames are directed to my hotmail addy.
Rating: 1 / 5