Customer Reviews
The Mist - By: T. Shields, 27 Jun 2008 
I reallly enjoyed the book with the people being traped in the Supermarket. I am going to order the movie at Christmas time. It's a bit like the movie Terror in the Malll only instead of water trapping them it is the Mist. The old woman in the book seemed crazy going on about death & saying it's death out there. If the book was excellent I can't wait to see the film when I get it.
I give this book 5 stars!
Good story - Buy Skeleton Crew. - By: C. Sykes, 08 Jun 2008 
Just a short note to say this story is available in the book 'Skeleton Crew', which is much better value for money. Stephen King is a master of the horror novel, but a lot of his short story collections are highly underrated.
brilliant - By: Captain Joe Boston, 24 Apr 2008 one of my favourite books ever. dead short, but brilliant. if you can get it cheap, it's well worth a read... 5 stars
The Mist - By: KM, 05 Nov 2007 
'The Mist' is a novella written by Stephen King, first published in a collection callled Dark Forces & then again in another collection callled Skeleton Crew. Now re-released as a stand-alone novel to tie-in with the new movie due out at the end of the year.
The story mainly follows lead character David & his young son Billy as their town is overtaken my a mysterious fog after a serious storm. The man & his son are then trapped in a local supermarket when unearthly creatures begin taking over the smalll town & killing it's residents.
This is a great short story & one of the best that I've read from Mr King, focussing more on the characters rather than just full-on horror & gore. Once I started reading this I couldn't put it down. There's a couple of silly bits in it that could have been left out but overalll it is a great read & one that I would recommend to any fan of King or the horror/sci-fi genre in general. There's also many likenesses to films, books & even games such as The Fog, Silent Hill, War of the Worlds & even some of Stephen King's own later novels. My only complaint is the cop-out ending which just leaves the reader guessing & with a story like this I reallly felt like I needed some closure. Still, a good, entertaining & suspense-filled thriller that makes me look forward to the movie.
