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Four Past Midnight

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: James Woods, Ken Howard, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe
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Summary

At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when, between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.

Four Past Midnight: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity....

©1990 Stephen King (P)1991 Penguin Highbridge Audio
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Excellent

Great stories, great narrators, well worth a listen. only criticism...the 'atmospheric' music was a bit distracting, and occasionally drowned out thr narrator.

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Great stories some dodgy accents

I enjoyed all of these stories ,I've read the book and as I've really got into audiobooks recently I thought I'd get this one ,I'd read the reviews re Dafoe's awful English accent and thought they were exaggerating, however they were not.He also does an awful version of Janice from friends for the teenage girl,at first it was funny then it got annoying,really really annoying.Good narrators can make or break a book in my opinion and the rest of the narrators were fine but I couldn't wait to finish the Langoliers because I couldn't stand his narration anymore

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Brilliant!

The first story in this collection tended to drag a little and we're not the best narrated by Willem Dafoe (as good as he is) and found myself willing it to end at certain points. After originally watching the 2 part TV/Movie adaptation "The Langoliers" I preferred this to the Audible version, that said the 3 other stories were excellent! narrated by James Woods, Ken Howard and Tim Sample and would definitely recommend.

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Mary Poppins meets Stephen King

Love Stephen King and this is a good collection of books but the narration spoiled it for me. Everytime Our ex SAS hero opened his mouth, I was filled with horror. Not because I was terrified but because I couldnt believe how bad the English accent was. He sounded exactly like Bert from Mary Poppins. it was cringeworthy and spoiled the whole collection. I never thought I would see the day when I returned an SK book but it has finally come.
Sorry Stephen, nothing to fo with your talent. Have to ask though, what were the production team thinking? Or maybe they just weren't.

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Genuinely creepy at times but poor endings

King has great setups in all of these tales but the ‘reveals’ were all too overblown to keep me caring except one. I found the first tale, the Langoliers, great while everything remained a mystery but increasingly silly after that. Ditto ‘The Library Policeman’. I’d describe Sun Dog as actually genuinely scary until the very end when again it just lost its hold. The one that worked best as a whole is the ‘secret window’ one, but there are things which spoilt its pacing too. So not King’s best, especially i think if you like his older, more carefully constructed novels. If you like his more recent ones, you might enjoy better.

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King does it again

4 adequate stories guaranteed to scare. The narration could be a bit better but overall thoroughly enjoyable. King is a master at giving you the creeps.

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Not King at his best

Should have been short stories not padded novellas. Famous narrators, but Willem Dafoe's British accent!

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Great stories, inconsistent readings

Some great stories in this one, maybe not on the level of other novella collections like different seasons. However, the Langoliers was a real stand out and they were all enjoyable stories. The only thing that lets it down a little is the pretty awful narration from Willem Dafoe in the first story. The British accent was just awful and marred an otherwise great story. But otherwise, I would say it’s a solid entry.

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4th story hard to get into other 3 very addictive

4th story hard to get into other 3 very addictive , 4th does pick up so worth sticking with

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a great chance to listen and enjoy.

Great story telling by the narrator's, Stephen King at his finest..... I loved this and would definitely listen to it again

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