The Body – a story by Stephen King

The body – a story by Stephen King

The Body is a story which tends to horrify you, and while you are reading sometimes the hair stands on end.
The story is about Gordie Lanchance and his three friends and starts with descriptions about their not so convenient family lives. They live in neighbourhood in a quite small town, all the families struggle with problems and the boys have to find their own way, neither without any support from theirs parents nor from their siblings. To be honest, these boys aren’t angels and are always ready for adventure. When they hear about a dead body in the forest they go to look for it.
The way through the forest and into the dump, the special meeting with Milo Pressman and his enormous, cruel and ugly dog is without any doubt not a walk.
When they find at the bottom a single, pale, white hand, they discover how cruel the world can be. Moreover, it seems to be the end of the world when a horrible storm brews over the earth, when the elderly gang find them and threaten all the four boys.
But it seems that they grow up in a few minutes, they are brave and aren’t intimidated by this grown-up clique. After a serious argument, it is clear nothing would be like before – the dead body has changed their lives for ever.
Not without any regret the story stopped by telling how the lives from the four boys would continue and I can assure that not anyone’s live is a walk in the park.

Stephen King demonstrates once more he is the master of horror.
There are several versions of books with this title, from Easystarts to Advanced.
I have chosen the Upper Intermediate Level and so it was easy reading, exciting and sometimes thrilling.
I can really recommend this book.

Agi