#115 in Horror
Skeleton Crew
- 573
- Pages
- about 11 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Skeleton Crew” is a big, uneven Stephen King collection whose best pieces outshine the book as a whole. Novellas, short stories and poems range from science fiction to body horror with no common thread, and readers often call the result patchy. “The Mist” and “Gramma” are singled out more than once, while some find other entries forgettable. Committed King readers willing to pick favourites will get the most out of it.
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About the book
"An eerie-looking child's toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. An idyllic lake conceals a bottomless terror. And a desert island is the scene of the most frightening struggle for survival ever waged.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 355 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 34 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 321 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Skeleton Crew?
It has 573 pages — longer than 80% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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