Blockade Billy
I like a good baseball game in person, watching it on TV, not so much. Listening to Granny retell the story of Blockade Billy, I felt as if I was sitting right there beside him. Granny retold in great detail, everything about that remarkable season, his enthusiasm and energy could definitely be felt.
Blockade Billy helped this fictional baseball team when they got in a jam and together the team had a memorable season. I like King’s touch on this sport and this story was my favorite out of the two short stories that accompanied this set.
I was hooked listening to “Morality” but I didn’t care for the ending. I really thought there should have been more at the end or something more dramatic, for I thought, the ending fell flat for me. As I listened, I waited, the anticipation was building and building throughout this novel. I felt that anything could happen and I wanted it to happen in a big way. As the ramifications of the big event started to surface, it wasn’t what I had expect nor at the intensity, I had presumed it would. Where was my master of horror?
These were unique stories, different than what I normally expect from King. I liked that they were short, and he kept the story moving. He lets us get inside these twisted individuals for just a little bit to see what makes them tick.
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