Name: Thinner
ISBN: 9780451230638

Stephen King

Richard Bachman

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death.

Thinner

Der Fluch

Justin Staack

6 Punkte

Das letzte drittel reißt es noch einmal raus (positiv), da sich hier die Frage gestellt werden muss, wer das "Arschloch" dieser Geschichte ist und warum. Das Zigeuneroberhaupt war mal etwas anderes, hat aber entgegen jeder Logik (und sogar Emotionen) gehandelt, was ich absolut nicht verstehen konnte. Vielleicht wollte King sich noch einen Joker aufheben. Bis dahin war das Buch eine 5 von 10, erst als Ginelli dazu gekommen ist wurde es gut.

caroline

ashwitherow

Thoroughly enjoyable to read, although I thought it was slow moving at the beginning. However, when it hits it's groove, you know it. 'Thinner' leaves an impression on the reader afterwards, which is exactly how it should be, I feel. Every character has interesting qualities; something which makes Stephen King the great writer he is.

Alex Webster

Rhonda Roy

Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer. But he is also fifty pounds overweight and, as his doctor keeps reminding him, heading into heart attack country.

Then, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street—and her ancient father passes a bizarre and terrible judgment on him.

“Thinner,” the old gypsy man whispers, and caresses his cheeks like a lover. Just one word…but six weeks later and ninety-three pounds lighter, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He’s terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble…that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away. And away. And away...
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Shawn

Ethan Evans

Eva Ströberg

Jordan

Evan

A. D. Knapp

Sky m

Dr Seth Jones

Greg Copeland

The “extraordinary” (Booklist) novel of one man’s quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes…nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, “pulsates with evil…it will have you on the edge of your seat” (Publishers Weekly).

Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career. But his is also fifty pounds overweight, heading, as his doctor says, into heart attack territory. One day, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street. The woman dies, but Billy has connections and gets off with a mere slap on the wrist. After the trial, the victim’s ancient father curses him with a single word: “Thinner.” Shedding weight by the week, Halleck is desperate enough for one last gamble…one that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.
Source: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thinner/Stephen-King/9781508217381

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