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Después

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  • Author：Stephen King
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Summary

En ocasiones， para crecer debes vencer a tus demonios。

EL REY DEL TERROR REGRESA CON UNA NUEVA E INOLVIDABLE NOVELA。

Jamie Conklin， el único hijo de una madre soltera， solo quiere tener una infancia normal。 Sin embargo， desde que nació tiene una habilidad sobrenatural que su madre le insta a mantener en secreto: puede hacer hablar a los muertos。 Cuando una detective del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York le arrastra a la persecución de un asesino que amenaza con seguir atacando incluso desde su tumba， Jamie no tardará en descubrir que el precio a pagar por su poder tal vez sea demasiado alto。

Después es Stephen King en estado puro， una novela inquietante y emotiva sobre la inocencia perdida y las pruebas que debemos superar para diferenciar el bien del mal。 Deudora del gran clásico del autor It （Eso）， Después es un relato poderoso， terrorífico e inolvidable sobre la necesidad de plantarle cara al mal en todas sus formas。

La crítica ha dicho。。。
«Es mitad historia de detectives， mitad thriller。。。 Emocionante y auténtica。»
The New York Times

«La escritura de Stephen King en Después es limpia， directa y evocadora， como siempre lo ha sido。 El argumento， basado en un crimen， es impelente， y algunas frases quitan el aliento。。。 Estáis en las manos de un narrador magistral。»
Washington Post

«¿Tienes ganas de escalofríos y emoción， pero no dispones de tiempo para leer un clásico de King？ Este libro te irá perfecto para antes de irte a la cama。 Aunque tampoco es que vayas a poder dormir。»
Kirkus

«Sangriento e inquietante， este escalofriante thriller tiene bastantes secretos y sorpresas para hacer que los lectores no suelten la lectura hasta su intensa conclusión。 Es todo un regalo para los fans de Stephen King。»
Publishers Weekly

«Una lectura entretenida y ligera que cuenta con la magistral habilidad que ha convertido a Stephen King en una leyenda literaria。»
AARP Magazine

«Un relato muy satisfactorio sobre tanto los demonios que podemos ver como aquellos que acechan en la oscuridad。»
Foreword Reviews

«Después es un ejemplo más del poder de Stephen King para contar una historia que es a la vez sencilla e irresistible。 Tenéis que añadir esta entretenida novela a vuestra lista de lecturas de 2021。»
New York Journal of Books

«Una prueba más que añadir a la lista de proezas narrativas de Stephen King。»
Bookbub

«Un nuevo clásico para los fans de Stephen King。 Una emocionante novela policíaca。»
Associated Press

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Reviews

Jaya ，

It took me a lot of time to realise that this book was supposed to be of contemporary times and not the 80s :-0Quite a few dont-read-at-night-moments but not enough。。。

Gareth Howells ，

Loved this - great to see he's still writing excellent books at this late stage in his career。Gripping and endearing from start to finish。 （the last 3 or 4 pages were an odd end， but that didn't really make a difference to the experience） Loved this - great to see he's still writing excellent books at this late stage in his career。Gripping and endearing from start to finish。 （the last 3 or 4 pages were an odd end， but that didn't really make a difference to the experience） 。。。more

Alicia Brooks ，

Fun lil King book。 Spooky， but not his best or even close。

Vicki ，

Jamie sees dead people！This was a cracking little read， that was good to read in front of the window listening to the rain。 Would quite like a little follow up someday， just to see how things play out when he whistles。

L。E。 ，

This book got in my head， and I could not stop thinking about it。 Excellent characterization， as always。 Classic King。

Rob ，

These days you never know what you're going to get with a Stephen King book。 Except that there will likely be some sort of supernatural element。 I've read all but one of his books， and I can't really decide where this one would rank。 It takes an interesting idea but doesn't take it as far as I'd like。 His writing always grabs me and pulls me along at a quick pace， but as I've heard others say， he doesn't always stick the ending， which feels almost rushed， and I guessed the last big twist。 I woul These days you never know what you're going to get with a Stephen King book。 Except that there will likely be some sort of supernatural element。 I've read all but one of his books， and I can't really decide where this one would rank。 It takes an interesting idea but doesn't take it as far as I'd like。 His writing always grabs me and pulls me along at a quick pace， but as I've heard others say， he doesn't always stick the ending， which feels almost rushed， and I guessed the last big twist。 I would have read more about the main character， and I'm assuming there will be more stories in the future， as he's written similar continuing stories recently。 Overall I enjoyed it a lot， but I miss the days of the giant epics like The Stand and It。 。。。more

Lorna ，

Grabbed me right away and did so the the whole book。Great twist at the end which I figured was going to happen

Vicky McCauley ，

Good read。Good characters， intense， and fast paced。 Suspense with heartfelt emotion。 But。。。。。it is a horror story。 Enjoyed this book very much。

Necie Prince ，

Sorta Sixth Sense book。。。 That's all I'll say about this one。 Good Quick Read！ Sorta Sixth Sense book。。。 That's all I'll say about this one。 Good Quick Read！ 。。。more

Mark ，

The master storyteller has done it again with this entertaining crime drama with a leading character with a “sixth sense。” Great fun， with a score or two of explatives。 3。5 stars。

Skylar ，

3。5 stars rounded up to four 。。。 that plot twist at the end made me knock off an entire star。 it felt so unnecessary。 but i couldn't put it down and finished it in less than a day during ap exams week， which does say something about the quality of the story。 3。5 stars rounded up to four 。。。 that plot twist at the end made me knock off an entire star。 it felt so unnecessary。 but i couldn't put it down and finished it in less than a day during ap exams week， which does say something about the quality of the story。 。。。more

Kaylyn ，

I know this puts me in the minority。 I enjoyed the old feel good King Lines but I really didn’t care for the story line too much， maybe it needed some better characters？ something more suspenseful？ This book was lacking something。 It might be just me。

E。B。 ，

Fool me once， shame on youFool me twice， shame on meFool me thrice。。。 and shame turns into pleasureA pleasure， or some kind of Schadenfreude， is what I feel when reading the drivel the ghost-writers disguised as "Stephen King" shit out nowadays。 Like a train-wreck where you can't seem to look away。 "What has "Stephen King" written now？" keeps resounding in my head， more and more often， because it seems as though "he" publishes a new one every few months。 Some days， it's all I ever think about。 I Fool me once， shame on youFool me twice， shame on meFool me thrice。。。 and shame turns into pleasureA pleasure， or some kind of Schadenfreude， is what I feel when reading the drivel the ghost-writers disguised as "Stephen King" shit out nowadays。 Like a train-wreck where you can't seem to look away。 "What has "Stephen King" written now？" keeps resounding in my head， more and more often， because it seems as though "he" publishes a new one every few months。 Some days， it's all I ever think about。 I'm like a sniffing dog trained to drool when there's a bomb around， a Pavlovian masterpiece unable to escape its certain doom。 Well not doom of course， but wasting time on something disappointing comes close。 I've done the math。 If "King" writes 2 novels in a year， let's say each taking me 5 hours to read， this means that if I live to be 80， I will have wasted 24 days of my life。 Imagine what I could do in those 3 weeks。 Take up writing， I guess。 And before you point out I can't calculate for shit: are you SURE "King" will die？ Cause I'm not so sure。 Who says he hasn't already？ Or at least he is enjoying his well-earned retirement。 His ghost writers seem to do the trick just fine to the untrained eye and the conzoomers （heh I made that one up myself）。 Just like Marvel keeps shitting out worse and worse Avenger movies and Disney shits on the old Star Wars fans but keeps raking in millions and millions。 I guess nobody cares。 And if nobody cares， nobody notices。But I do。 I still do。 It's like when you buy your favorite candy bar and it has a brand-new packaging that screams NEW IMPROVED RECIPE and they've gone and replaced sugar with glucose syrup， butter with palm oil， and hazelnuts with artificial hazelnut flavoring。 I read the premise and think "well that actually sounds interesting， Sixth Sense meets Dr。 Sleep， I can dig this"， I read the book and think "what an absolute horseshit of flimsy， paper-thin drivel that goes nowhere， has a shitty antagonist （a boring druggy dirty cop who -here comes the first pop culture reference- hates BLM。 Shocking！）， not counting the deadlight monster that doesn't get nearly enough stage time）， has a shitty protagonist （yet another wise beyond his years "cool" kid that says things like "correctamundo"， "maximo depressing" and "heckerino"* and actually nowhere in the novel sounds genuinely like a kid）， another carbon copy of Wendy Torrance， and the same bunch of side characters who are more like see-through set objects， furthering the progress of the story and enabling Jamie and us to get to the end smoothly。 Oh and look， here come the pop culture references！ Haha Nancy Pelosi！ Haha Fringe！ Haha， internet trolls！ Haha Uber！** Yes please America， give it to me in bite-size pieces so I can conzoome some more！ Gross。"I can go on for hours because Later is a treasure chest of the same old rehashed ingredients the ghost writers have been using to sound like King。 It's like a Bingo game， or like Where's Waldo。 Can you point out the dishonest nostalgia？ Can you point out the random flashing of a classic King novel？ Can you point out the desperate attempt to appeal to the zoomer audience？But there are 2 more things I want to mention， because they stuck out more in this novel than in "King's" other recent ones， and felt fresh to me。 One， is that at one point Jamie tells his old neighbor about the evil ghost。 What follows is so far-fetched that it stuck out like a sore thumb on a leper's hand。 Even though Jamie's neighbor doesn't believe him at first， he still goes along with the story， and more disbelievingly， guesses all the right things for Jamie to do anyway。 It's this neighbor that immediately guesses that the evil spirit is not really the ghost of Mr。 Therriault， but some sort of demon， and that Jamie has to do a Ritual of Chüd （a shameless reference back to when Stephen King could write） to conquer it。 Right。。。 On the off chance that this neighbor is an old character from before whom I didn't recognize， and secretly does know about ghosts and demons I apologize。 But I'm willing to bet he isn't。Another mayor gripe I have with Later is that the narrator， Jamie， is so goddamn repetitive。 At first it's funny， him apologizing he is going to say "later" a lot in the novel - but damn， that doesn't justify him saying it on every odd page！ Whether Jamie says it， or the ghost writer writes it， it's still bad writing。 And when Jamie has to remind us every 20 pages or so that this is "like I said before， a horror story" then it's not really a horror story anymore， isn't it？Before I conclude this review I want to address certain people that have been saying I'm a （presumably they think dumb） conspiracy believer for believing the last 5 novels or so haven't actually been written by King。 This latest novel puts SO much stress on a side-story about how Jamie's mom ends up ghost-writing the last novel of Regis Thomas， a dead writer， and how everyone praises this novel as "being the best saved for last" and "typical Regis" （a whole page is dedicated to these reviews， which adds nothing to the story）。 And it doesn't stop there。 When trying to convince his neighbor， Jamie confesses his mother wrote the last novel and succeeded because he was able to interrogate the ghost of R。 Thomas。 Burkett （the neighbor） then goes to investigate this and finds a few reviews that DO notice something odd about the final novel， or rather， they should have， because they say the prose appears fresh where it used to be dull， and the sex scenes appear lively， where they used to appear cliche。 Again， these reviews take up another full page。 I am seeing a pattern here。 Or rather， a clue。 It's the ghost of King trying to warn us that this really isn't his work。 And， as this novel taught me， ghosts can't lie。*this one is actually not true， but it could have。 I just forgot what other dumb slang Jamie spouts/the ghost writer uses to make Jamie a Real Human Bean。**wanna know the most unbelievable part of this novel？ All those pop culture references and NOT ONE person mentions the Sixth Sense because Jamie can talk to ghosts。 。。。more

Leah ，

This one is a quick read that has all the telltale signs of a good King novel。 Jamie Conklin is a kid who can see the recently dead and communicate with them。 This "gift" is sometimes exploited by adults in his life with varied results。 This is a horror book， as Jamie himself will tell you a few times。 This one is a quick read that has all the telltale signs of a good King novel。 Jamie Conklin is a kid who can see the recently dead and communicate with them。 This "gift" is sometimes exploited by adults in his life with varied results。 This is a horror book， as Jamie himself will tell you a few times。 。。。more

Mr。 Armstrong ，

Mostly harmless。

Nancy ，

Later could best be compared to the movie The Sixth Sense， as the young teen Jamie can see dead people， but that would do it a disservice as this book is more than that。 Jamie has always had the ability to see and speak to dead people， but only his single mother knows， who wisely tells him to keep his abilities to himself。 Sadly， she does not follow her own advice and tells her cop girlfriend， who then uses Jamie's abilities to her own ends。 The first time she does so， a demon attaches to him wi Later could best be compared to the movie The Sixth Sense， as the young teen Jamie can see dead people， but that would do it a disservice as this book is more than that。 Jamie has always had the ability to see and speak to dead people， but only his single mother knows， who wisely tells him to keep his abilities to himself。 Sadly， she does not follow her own advice and tells her cop girlfriend， who then uses Jamie's abilities to her own ends。 The first time she does so， a demon attaches to him with dire consequences。 Told from Jamie's perspective， this is more a slice-of-life story with supernatural underpinnings， rather than the horror story it claims to be。 This short book gave me a Pet Sematary vibe， and other reviewers said it reminded them of It， but I never finished that book as it was much too long （I much prefer his smaller books and short stories）。 The ending tied up some loose ends， and it didn't quite end on a cliffhanger， yet the narrative could definitely be picked up for more stories in the future。 If so， I am ready for more adventures with Jamie！ （Actual review 4。5/5） 。。。more

Peaches ，

***Spoilers included***“Tell you what， the worst part of growing up is how it shuts you up” （132）。 This book was concise King， which isn’t a bad thing。 In his longer books， he often goes off on tangents and tirades that become tedious， and although there is a super weird tirade at the end of this one， at least it didn’t last too long。 This book is about a kid named Jamie （narrated by adult Jamie） who sees dead people， which ends up causing his mother to make him talk to a dead author wearing a s ***Spoilers included***“Tell you what， the worst part of growing up is how it shuts you up” （132）。 This book was concise King， which isn’t a bad thing。 In his longer books， he often goes off on tangents and tirades that become tedious， and although there is a super weird tirade at the end of this one， at least it didn’t last too long。 This book is about a kid named Jamie （narrated by adult Jamie） who sees dead people， which ends up causing his mother to make him talk to a dead author wearing a spelling bee sash， his mother’s ex lover and ex cop kidnapping him and trying to force him to talk to a drug lord， and Jamie encountering a demon that inhabited a dead person the ex lover made him talk to about where a bomb is， then Jamie having to use the Ritual of Chud （from IT， yay！） in order to gain control of it。 I really liked the references to IT with the deadlights too since it seems like King makes less references to that world。 It’s definitely not the most terrifying or suspenseful King book I’ve read。 I was much more invested in The Institute， for instance， but King was going for a different style with this one， more memoir/detective-esque， which allowed for some comedic relief that can be convoluted in longer King books。 The dead people’s apathy， Jamie’s wisecracks at Liz when she was driving him and snorting coke the whole time， Mrs。 Burckett telling Jamie his turkey is ugly， it all had a vibe that was less terrifying， but still interesting。 I also liked the idea of Jamie having a demon disguised as Therriault at his call （but apparently he doesn’t actually have to whistle？）。 My husband did get hung up on how surely if you accidentally whistle， it wouldn’t summon the demon （coming from a man who whistles every day of his life）， but I told him the terror in it is that you wouldn’t know until it happened。 One of the annoying parts of the book is how much King makes Jamie point out that he’s using the word “later。” He apologizes for being repetitive in the very beginning， yet has Jamie countlessly use the word， then include something like “there’s that word again！” throughout the book。 It was maddening。 I don’t care that you keep using the word， but I do care that you repetitively draw my attention to it in an overt， obnoxious way。 I also wondered if King was poking fun at himself at times or just entirely lacked self-awareness。 He kept poking fun at how Regis Thomas was a horny old man who focused on breasts， but he constantly writes about women’s bodies in his own books （and naked children， which is horrifying）。 Lastly， I was really hoping that since this book was so short， King wouldn’t be a perv， but at the very end， there it was: A tirade on how incest isn’t as much of a big deal as people say it is （and he even emphasizes that goes especially father/daughter and brother/sister incest （224））。 Seriously， wtfffffff， King？！ Why are you like this？ Why even have that at all？ It is completely needless。 I enjoyed it， but I've read better。 I did read this one to my husband while driving/porch sitting and he gave it 4 stars， but was really annoyed （but not surprised， as we've read a lot of King together） with the incest。 。。。more

Michelle ，

A coming of age tale that centers around Jamie Conklin who just so happens to be able to see dead people。 We follow him from about 6 yrs of age until he's 22 and writing this （his） story for us。 I enjoyed this for the most part。 I especially liked Jamie as a character and I enjoyed his close relationship with his mother Tia。 It wasn't scary at all but I was intrigued with it。 That ending though？？？ Not a fan。 Bizarre and gross are the only ways I can describe it。 🤮 3 stars！ A coming of age tale that centers around Jamie Conklin who just so happens to be able to see dead people。 We follow him from about 6 yrs of age until he's 22 and writing this （his） story for us。 I enjoyed this for the most part。 I especially liked Jamie as a character and I enjoyed his close relationship with his mother Tia。 It wasn't scary at all but I was intrigued with it。 That ending though？？？ Not a fan。 Bizarre and gross are the only ways I can describe it。 🤮 3 stars！ 。。。more

Cromaine Library ，

This newest title from Stephen King will appeal to fans of stories about kids with unusual abilities and coming of age stories in which the protagonist faces both human and supernatural foes。Recommended by adult services librarian Grace

Philip ，

3。5ish stars。 Kind of felt like he phoned this one in but even so， very entertaining。

Tzu ，

En general disfruté bastante el libro （a excepción de los últimos dos capítulos）， Jamie fue un buen protagonista que en algunas ocasiones me hizo reír bastante， me hubiera gustado que se explorara más al personaje de su madre ya que para mí fue uno de los personajes más interesantes。Hay varias referencias de su universo en esta historia， me costó trabajo atar algunas y otras las tuve que googlear， ajúa。4 estrellas porque aún no sé si el final me gustó o si realmente me aportó algo o no sé si rea En general disfruté bastante el libro （a excepción de los últimos dos capítulos）， Jamie fue un buen protagonista que en algunas ocasiones me hizo reír bastante， me hubiera gustado que se explorara más al personaje de su madre ya que para mí fue uno de los personajes más interesantes。Hay varias referencias de su universo en esta historia， me costó trabajo atar algunas y otras las tuve que googlear， ajúa。4 estrellas porque aún no sé si el final me gustó o si realmente me aportó algo o no sé si realmente era necesario。 。。。more

Sherri ，

An enjoyable horror/thriller story that should be read sooner than later。

Christina ，

Well written。 Good story， but I felt like there were a few more things that could've been connected better。 Well written。 Good story， but I felt like there were a few more things that could've been connected better。 。。。more

Angela A。 Christensen ，

I enjoyed this book， and am a huge Stephen King fan going way back to Kujo， probably wasn't appropriate for a 16-year-old kid to be reading Stephen King LOL， but he had me hooked。 The ending had me saying "WHY'？ but then again why would I expect anything less from the one and only Stephen King？？ Recommend this book to anyone you know that loves ghosts and spirits/hauntings。The son of a struggling single mother， Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood。 But Jamie is no ordinary child。 Born I enjoyed this book， and am a huge Stephen King fan going way back to Kujo， probably wasn't appropriate for a 16-year-old kid to be reading Stephen King LOL， but he had me hooked。 The ending had me saying "WHY'？ but then again why would I expect anything less from the one and only Stephen King？？ Recommend this book to anyone you know that loves ghosts and spirits/hauntings。The son of a struggling single mother， Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood。 But Jamie is no ordinary child。 Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret， Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn。 But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave。 。。。more

kevin rusch ，

As usual， just superb， engaging storytelling。 Also， as is usual for King， kind of an abrupt "the end"。 So， that's a drag， but I think that just comes with the territory for his books。 The good news is that there are about 300 other Stephen King books to read。。 As usual， just superb， engaging storytelling。 Also， as is usual for King， kind of an abrupt "the end"。 So， that's a drag， but I think that just comes with the territory for his books。 The good news is that there are about 300 other Stephen King books to read。。 。。。more

Melinda Kazmer ，

Pure KingOutstanding story。 Kept me reading and enjoying the whole time。 Would be a really good movie。 Recommend it to all。

Courtney Lanning ，

This book was amazing。 I didn't know what to expect， but it's the perfect bite-sized story from Stephen King。 I enjoyed it as much as I did Carrie。 King's voice of a growing kid who can see ghosts is outstanding， and the use of first-person narration is just icing on the cake。 I finished this book in a couple days， and once I got to page 100-ish， I really had trouble putting it down to finish all the other chores that come with normal life。 This book was amazing。 I didn't know what to expect， but it's the perfect bite-sized story from Stephen King。 I enjoyed it as much as I did Carrie。 King's voice of a growing kid who can see ghosts is outstanding， and the use of first-person narration is just icing on the cake。 I finished this book in a couple days， and once I got to page 100-ish， I really had trouble putting it down to finish all the other chores that come with normal life。 。。。more

Katarzyna Tokarz ，

Do przeczytania w 5h， wciąga i człowiek nie przestaje czytać dopóki nie dowie się co jest na końcu。 Szkoda， że ten koniec troszkę rozczarowuje， ale nie jest źle。

Diana ，

not my favorite King book。 I don't enjoy the detective fiction。 a young boy can see dead people。 he's being raised by a single mother and she is dating a dirty cop not my favorite King book。 I don't enjoy the detective fiction。 a young boy can see dead people。 he's being raised by a single mother and she is dating a dirty cop 。。。more

Alisha ，

3。5 Not scary and a weird ending。

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