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Title: The Breathing Method by Stephen King, Frank Muller ISBN: 0-14-086944-1 Publisher: Viking Penguin Audio Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best audio books around
Comment: This is an excellent Stephen King story. It's written in an "old-fashioned" style, as though being told by an older, sophisticated man. It almost feels like a Sherlock Holmes story or at least "vedy British". The plot itself is summarized elsewhere, but suffice it to say that it is compelling, mysterious and that the climax is gory and fascinating. DIFFERENT SEASONS (the book from which this novella comes) is one of King's towering achievements, and this story is great.
Frank Muller is one of the best audio book readers around, and so the combination of King's great story and Muller's outstanding interpretation make this audio book VERY worthwhile. It is very highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazingly King
Comment: This refers to the CD version of the book - but it is frighteningly and amazingly Stephen King at his best. I use audio books to help me on my exercise walks, and this one was so intense and so dripping with drama, I did extra laps just to see what would happen. Stephen King's extraordinarily ability to take the mundane and add the creep factor reigns supreme here. An unwed pregnant woman goes to her OB-GYN, at a time when unwed mothers were a huge taboo, and her OB-GYN is impressed by her strength and her fortitude and determination to go through with this birth. He is so impressed in fact, that he follows her carefully through each stage of her pregnancy. When it is at last time for her child to be born...well, then there comes a dark and gloomy night at a men's club, years later, where this certain OB-GYN proceeds to tell this tale. The club has been meeting for years, each member telling extraordinary tales, some old war tales, some cigar smoking tales, the usual, but THIS story, well this story is called "The Breathing Method", and the OB-GYN who chooses to tell the story begins by recalling that at the time of this woman's entrance into his life with her illegitimate pregnancy, he was just beginning to introduce the Lamaze technique (not yet called that) to his pregnant patients. He was adamant that it worked, and he was nearly called a fool because of the little pamphlets and booklets he encouraged pregnant woman to read and to try and use during labor. His unwed patient takes the breathing method to heart. So focused and so determined is she to use this method, it becomes almost a part of who she is. But I will leave you there, so as not to spoil the ending for you, however, I will say, the ending is shocking, and you will think about it long after you are finished this story. The reader, Frank Muller is perfect, just right for what Stephen King wants to say. Enjoy the breathing method, if you will, it's power will amaze you.
Rating: 4
Summary: Breathing method wins my approval
Comment: Stephen King has written another attention grabber. I read, and listened, as I have both the paperback and the audio book. I found this book great, as it follows both the imaginary and the real sides of life. I found that as I read the book, I really would like to visit the library that is described in the book. This book follows down a strange path, emerging in what could almost be explained as a real story of fact in the past. I recommend this novel, and the audio book as the narrator does a great job, it will not dissapoint as "everything's eventual" did, in my opinion. Good luck and good reading! (Note: The audio version of this book is narrated by FRANK MULLER. Anyone who has listened to Stephen King Audio Books has sure to have been wowwed by Frank Muller. In this audio book recording, Frank Muller's voice is almost unrecognizable and amazing as he plays this roll. Frank Muller and audio books are truly like movies for your mind).
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Title: The Man in the Black Suit : 4 Dark Tales by Stephen King, Becky Ann Baker, John Cullum, Peter Gerety, Arliss Howard ISBN: 074352585X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: LT's Theory of Pets by Stephen King ISBN: 0743520041 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Apt Pupil : A Novella in Different Seasons by Stephen King ISBN: 0451197127 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Blood And Smoke Cd by Stephen King ISBN: 0671046179 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Audio) Pub. Date: 22 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Wavedancer Benefit: A Tribute to Frank Muller by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Pat Conroy, John Grisham ISBN: 0743527372 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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