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If It Bleeds

If It Bleeds

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  • Author：Stephen King
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Summary

The eagerly awaited paperback edition of the No。 1 bestselling hardcover featuring a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider， and three additional irresistible novellas。

News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds， it leads'。 And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin。

Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV。 But when she tunes in again， to the late-night report， she realises something is not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene。 So begins 'If It Bleeds'， a stand-alone sequel to the No。 1 bestselling THE OUTSIDER featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case - and also the riveting title story in Stephen King's brilliant new collection。

Dancing alongside are three more wonderful long stories from this 'formidably versatile author' （The Sunday Times） - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone'， 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'。 All four display the richness of King's storytelling with grace， humour， horror and breathtaking suspense。 A fascinating Author's Note gives us a wonderful insight into the origin of each story and the writer's unparalleled imagination

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Reviews

David Jay ，

Overall: 3。5/5Mr Harrigan’s Phone: 3/5The Life of Chuck: 2。5/5If It Bleeds: 3。5/5Rat: 4/5Rat was definitely my favourite， it was captivating， I loved the concept。 I ended up confused by everything that happened by the end of it which I loved。

Lady Everglot ，

3'75🌟 3'75🌟 。。。more

Jacob Slankard ，

Really great book！ Currently rereading it。

Ryan ，

So close to 5 stars。 SO CLOSE。

Елена Ташева ，

Brilliant。

Isabelle Toupin ，

Stephen King n’est jamais décevant！ Quatre nouvelles plus ou moins longues dans cet ouvrage。 Le téléphone de M。 Harrington… j’ai beaucoup aimé la façon de penser et d’expliquer de M。 Harrington！ La dernière nouvelle， le rat， juste WoW… Pour Si ça saigne， la nouvelle qui est un peu la suite de l’outsider， j’en aurais pris un roman！ J’ai apprécié le personnage de Holly et je lirai certainement Mr Mercedes pour la découvrir dans ses débuts。Mais la nouvelle qui m’a marquée le plus， c’est la seconde Stephen King n’est jamais décevant！ Quatre nouvelles plus ou moins longues dans cet ouvrage。 Le téléphone de M。 Harrington… j’ai beaucoup aimé la façon de penser et d’expliquer de M。 Harrington！ La dernière nouvelle， le rat， juste WoW… Pour Si ça saigne， la nouvelle qui est un peu la suite de l’outsider， j’en aurais pris un roman！ J’ai apprécié le personnage de Holly et je lirai certainement Mr Mercedes pour la découvrir dans ses débuts。Mais la nouvelle qui m’a marquée le plus， c’est la seconde : la vie de Chuck。 Ça m’a touchée et je ne saurais même pas expliquer pourquoi！ Toujours est-il que j’ai eu besoin d’une pause après cette nouvelle pour prendre le temps de la digérer en lisant d’autres bouquins… 。。。more

Joe Stack ，

What a marvelous collection of four stories this is！ I rated this collection 4 stars so I can single out “The Life of Chuck” for 5 stars。 I enjoyed this story the most。 It’s theme （the world we contain and live） and how the story is told （in reverse） is wonderfully creative and moving。While each of the stories have the King’s trademark supernatural or macabre element， it’s not excessive。 It’s the human relationships —the friendship between a senior citizen and youngster; the husband and wife; th What a marvelous collection of four stories this is！ I rated this collection 4 stars so I can single out “The Life of Chuck” for 5 stars。 I enjoyed this story the most。 It’s theme （the world we contain and live） and how the story is told （in reverse） is wonderfully creative and moving。While each of the stories have the King’s trademark supernatural or macabre element， it’s not excessive。 It’s the human relationships —the friendship between a senior citizen and youngster; the husband and wife; the mother， daughter， & uncle — that make these stories fulfilling to read。And the writing。 King is masterful at filling his stories with cultural references （the music tv shows， household articles， etc。） that cements the reader in the story’s time period。 His ability to describe common activities， such as lighting a Colman lantern， enables the reader to fully immersed in the storyline。 And， many of King’s sentences are fun to read， such as this from “Rat，” “The cook stove was a Hotpoint that had probably been new back in the days when only a satellite circling the earth was the moon。” 。。。more

Crosby ，

In my opinion King's strength is in his wordy （and I mean that in a positive sense） novels and not in his short stories。 Nevertheless， I like to read his short stories in settings where I am short on time。 "If it Bleeds" is a collection of four of his latest short stories and is also the title of the best of the four stories。 I was a bit disappointed that it reintroduced another "Outsider" character because I felt that King's recent novel of the same name was one of his weakest。 However， I was p In my opinion King's strength is in his wordy （and I mean that in a positive sense） novels and not in his short stories。 Nevertheless， I like to read his short stories in settings where I am short on time。 "If it Bleeds" is a collection of four of his latest short stories and is also the title of the best of the four stories。 I was a bit disappointed that it reintroduced another "Outsider" character because I felt that King's recent novel of the same name was one of his weakest。 However， I was pleased that Holly Gibney （from the Mercedes series） was the leading star of this version。 This allowed her quirkiness and social awkwardness to be a part of the story whereas the previous novel （The Outsider） underplayed those quirks and gave a more prominent role to less interesting characters。 Even the version of the "Outsider" creature in this short story is more interesting than the one in the novel although I was surprised to see Gibney so readily accept its demise without further evidence （she always seemed so thorough & a stickler for detail）。 Of the other three stories in this collection， I didn't understand "The Life of Chuck"; liked the open-endedness of "Mr。 Harrigan's Phone" and liked how "The Rat" invoked memories of previous King novels where the protagonist is holed up alone （supposedly） in a cabin in the woods trying to find inspiration to write （ who would guess that a rat could help in that regard！）。 。。。more

Yorch Robles ，

El Maestro del terror， Stephen King nos trae este libro que contiene 4 historias: El Teléfono del señor HarriganCraig， un niño de 9 años que vive en un pequeño pueblo de los Estados Unidos， hace una fuerte amistad con el anciano rico y solitario del lugar， el señor Harrigan。 Luego de contratarlo para leerle por las tardes， Harrigan le regala a Craig un boleto de lotería， el cual sale sorteado。 Craig decide devolverle el favor con un pequeño obsequio que cambiaría la vida de ambos， un iPhone de p El Maestro del terror， Stephen King nos trae este libro que contiene 4 historias: El Teléfono del señor HarriganCraig， un niño de 9 años que vive en un pequeño pueblo de los Estados Unidos， hace una fuerte amistad con el anciano rico y solitario del lugar， el señor Harrigan。 Luego de contratarlo para leerle por las tardes， Harrigan le regala a Craig un boleto de lotería， el cual sale sorteado。 Craig decide devolverle el favor con un pequeño obsequio que cambiaría la vida de ambos， un iPhone de primera generación。Luego de la muerte del señor Harrigan， Craig lo extraña tanto que decide marcarle a su viejo teléfono solo para escuchar su voz， luego， viene lo extraño。La vida de ChuckEsta historia está dividida en tres actos inversos， nos cuenta la vida de Charles Krants y su retiro laboral。 Chuck， como se le conoce， empieza a aparecer en carteles， anuncios， spots televisivos e incluso en las revistas， justo cuando Marty Anderson se da cuenta de que Chuck está en todos lados， el mundo comienza a acabarse， literalmente。La Sangre MandaHolly Gibney， la misma Holly que vimos en la Trilogía de Mr Mercedes y en El Visitante， vuelve a primer plano junto a la agencia de detectives Finder Keepers， en donde， por azares del destino， y después de una explosión en una escuela， descubre un nuevo ser que se alimenta del dolor humano。 Holly， quien había quedado con el trauma después de los hechos ocurridos en El Visitante， piensa que si hubo un ser como aquel de Texas， puede haber otro acechando en cualquier parte del mundo。 Decide， pues， buscar respuestas y al posible nuevo monstruo que se esconde entre la gente。 La RataDrew Larson es un profesor de literatura con licencia para descansar unos meses。 Ha escrito varios cuentos para un par de periódicos y revistas importantes en los Estados Unidos， pero nada más。 Durante una visita a la tienda， mientras ve una cartelera gigante tiene una epifanía， las ideas comienzan a tomar forma， las frases explotan， de pronto ve vaqueros y pistolas en una vieja cantina y es el momento en el que decide escribir su siguiente novela。 El único problema es que Drew tiende a chocar con pared cuando escribe historias largas y cae en un estado de ansiedad que， la última vez， casi termina quemando su propia casa。 Esta vez sabe que es diferente， asì que se recluye en la vieja cabaña de su padre y comienza a escribir， pero entonces llega la tormenta y con ella el resfriado y después llega la rata。Si bien， don Stephen King siempre logra su objetivo， meternos en la cabeza y vida de sus personajes， desenvolvernos junto con ellos， no sumerge en sus tramas y nos pasea por la desesperación de saber qué demonios está pasando。 Con estos cuatro cuentos nos reafirma que el señor aún tiene tela de donde cortar por mucha crema que le pueda poner a sus tacos， siempre hay un momento cumbre de asombro， misterio， tristeza y felicidad。 El Don sigue siendo el Don。 Se los recomiendo， sobre todo a los Fans del mundo King， ya que tiene muchos nombres y referencias a otros títulos。 。。。more

kateistoast ，

Story 1 and 3 are catchy stories， good read as a first time Stephen King reader。 Story 2 was okay but it just got tiring and boring at the beginning of story 4 that I told myself I have had enough and just DNF it。

Dymphie ，

Paar korte verhalen erbij。Hoofdmoot was het titelverhaal met Holly Gibney， tot mijn verrassing。Wat leuk， leest lekker weg。

Renate Chandler ，

Mr。 King has done it again。 He writes with an ease that I haven't found in many other writers。 So， for that the book should get 5 stars， also for most of the stories。 But， I am not a short story person。 I don't know， maybe it's because they are over too quickly。 They can't take hold in my heart。 The institute I read last year， the stand two years ago and it and the talisman more than 30 years ago。 All these books I can still vividly remember， but these well written stories are already fading。But Mr。 King has done it again。 He writes with an ease that I haven't found in many other writers。 So， for that the book should get 5 stars， also for most of the stories。 But， I am not a short story person。 I don't know， maybe it's because they are over too quickly。 They can't take hold in my heart。 The institute I read last year， the stand two years ago and it and the talisman more than 30 years ago。 All these books I can still vividly remember， but these well written stories are already fading。But I might go back to Holly Gibney。 I would like to hear more about her。 。。。more

Mark Skinner ，

I always enjoy a Stephen King book。 This was a great collection of novellas， especially after reading the Outsider。

Lisa ，

Mr。 Harrington’s Phone was refreshing and intriguing。 I did not like the other novellas as much。 If It Bleeds was not a genre I like。 However， what did I expect， right？ This kind of thing is what Steven King does。

Karasavidou ，

Δεν ξετρελάθηκα， αλλά είναι μια ασφαλής επιλογή στον κατακλυσμό που δεχόμαστε πλέον από ανάλογου είδους βιβλίων， ακόμη και από τον γιο του που ακολουθεί πιστά τα χνάρια του βασιλιά-πατερα， μα τόσο πιστά， που φοβάται να παρεκκλίνει έστω και ελάχιστα。 Τέλος πάντων， το παρόν είναι αρκετά καλό， σε κρατά σε αγωνία και εγρήγορση， αν και αρκετά προβλέψιμο πια， μετά τόσους μαραθώνιους Κινγκ- Ανάγνωσης。

Neil ，

Whilst not in the same class as his earlier quartet of novellas， the incomparable Different Seasons， this collection of four new tales is an entertaining and chilling read for fans and casual King acquaintances alike

Sharon ，

I used to read King with frightful anticipation。 Would I be able to go right to sleep or would the aftermath of his words keep my eyes open for awhile？ His last works have disappointed。 The familiar horror is gone， replaced with something that doesn’t resonate with my memories of the earlier works。 This is no different。 Not one of the stories here made my heart beat any harder or my toes curl in horror or my fingers hesitant to turn the next page。 It just was。 I finished because there was nothin I used to read King with frightful anticipation。 Would I be able to go right to sleep or would the aftermath of his words keep my eyes open for awhile？ His last works have disappointed。 The familiar horror is gone， replaced with something that doesn’t resonate with my memories of the earlier works。 This is no different。 Not one of the stories here made my heart beat any harder or my toes curl in horror or my fingers hesitant to turn the next page。 It just was。 I finished because there was nothing on my shelf to read next。 。。。more

Kay ，

This was a good book of short stories by Stephen King。 Never quite sure if I am going to like his books or not but this was an interesting read。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

Rob ，

If it Bleeds was the best of these 4 stories-continuing from the Outsider series。 The others were interesting but not among Kings best short stories。 I’m once again caught up with all of his books until his new one next month。

Paige ，

Did not finish the last two book。the first two stories were ok but the last two were really slow paced and boring

Dennis ，

Here are four novellas， three of which I thoroughly enjoyed and the fourth was kind of meh。 Mr。 Harrigan's Phone will be a movie on Netflix and If It Bleeds featured my current favorite King character Holly Gibney。 All in all an excellent way to spend a few days。 Highly recommended for King fans。 Here are four novellas， three of which I thoroughly enjoyed and the fourth was kind of meh。 Mr。 Harrigan's Phone will be a movie on Netflix and If It Bleeds featured my current favorite King character Holly Gibney。 All in all an excellent way to spend a few days。 Highly recommended for King fans。 。。。more

Judy K ，

My reason for selecting this novella collection to read might be somewhat unorthodox。 At some point at the beginning of the pandemic lockdown I decided I needed to read more。 More hardcopy。 More fiction。 More fiction that I normally wouldn't select。 （No negative judgement about the genre） I'm trying to rewire my pandemic brain。 Or， maybe just dust it off a little bit。 I enjoyed The Rat the most。 The least， If It Bleeds。 Unfair to compare？ A novella seemed like a good format for my short attentio My reason for selecting this novella collection to read might be somewhat unorthodox。 At some point at the beginning of the pandemic lockdown I decided I needed to read more。 More hardcopy。 More fiction。 More fiction that I normally wouldn't select。 （No negative judgement about the genre） I'm trying to rewire my pandemic brain。 Or， maybe just dust it off a little bit。 I enjoyed The Rat the most。 The least， If It Bleeds。 Unfair to compare？ A novella seemed like a good format for my short attention span right now。 Maybe that's why IIB was my least favorite。 It's the longest in this collection。 That's my only issue with it。 And， that is MY issue， not the author's。 This collection was， for me， a good choice for my purpose of reading more fiction right now。 。。。more

Melodie Wendel-Cook ，

Felt like read this before/seen a tv episode。

Ishan ，

After Mr。 Harrigan's Phone， I was totally hooked， but as I read Chuck's Life， I became a little disinterested in this book; however， as I went on reading more， I realized this is， after all， the works of the legendary Stephen King， I had forgotten that this book is written by the same genius who wrote my all-time favorite movie The Shawshank Redemption as a short-story。 I loved the main title story， but I absolutely adored RAT。 I was immediately taken aback by those times when I read Stephen Kin After Mr。 Harrigan's Phone， I was totally hooked， but as I read Chuck's Life， I became a little disinterested in this book; however， as I went on reading more， I realized this is， after all， the works of the legendary Stephen King， I had forgotten that this book is written by the same genius who wrote my all-time favorite movie The Shawshank Redemption as a short-story。 I loved the main title story， but I absolutely adored RAT。 I was immediately taken aback by those times when I read Stephen King novels because I mainly missed him dedicate 400-500 pages to one book with immense details and clever twists。 But one must remember never ever to underestimate King when he picks up the pen to jot down a short stories saga。 I enjoyed this book a lot， definitely， a must-read for any King fan。 。。。more

Chris Miller ，

Honestly just couldn’t get into it。 None of the stories really grabbed me

Don ，

I used to proudly have a copy of everything KIng wrote - now I don't even read his tripe。 It is such a shame 。 。 。 。 DonB I used to proudly have a copy of everything KIng wrote - now I don't even read his tripe。 It is such a shame 。 。 。 。 DonB 。。。more

Kayıp Rıhtım ，

Kan Varsa （If It Bleeds）， Stepen King’in Türkçede yayımlanmış son kitabı。 Korkunun Kralı， 73 yaşında olmasına rağmen hâlâ yazmayı sürdürüyor， Altın Kitaplar da bu harika kitapları biz okurlarına ulaştırmaya devam ediyor。 Kan Varsa incelemesi ile karşınızdayız。Yazarımız， bu sefer bir roman değil öykü kitabı sundu okurlarına。King’in hikâye anlatma sanatına ne denli saygı duyduğunu bilmeyen yok sanırım。 Onun için biçimin bir önemi yok。 514。827 kelimelik Mahşer （The Stand） de onun hikâye anlatma tut Kan Varsa （If It Bleeds）， Stepen King’in Türkçede yayımlanmış son kitabı。 Korkunun Kralı， 73 yaşında olmasına rağmen hâlâ yazmayı sürdürüyor， Altın Kitaplar da bu harika kitapları biz okurlarına ulaştırmaya devam ediyor。 Kan Varsa incelemesi ile karşınızdayız。Yazarımız， bu sefer bir roman değil öykü kitabı sundu okurlarına。King’in hikâye anlatma sanatına ne denli saygı duyduğunu bilmeyen yok sanırım。 Onun için biçimin bir önemi yok。 514。827 kelimelik Mahşer （The Stand） de onun hikâye anlatma tutkusunu tatmin ediyor， 27。143 kelimelik Elevation （henüz Türkçede yayımlanmadı） da。 O hep hikâyenin peşinden gidiyor。Bülent Özgünİncelemenin tamamı: https://kayiprihtim。com/inceleme/kan-。。。 。。。more

G Pereira ，

My last Stephen King book for now， until a movie version can convince me otherwise。 If It Bleeds was a collection of 4 short stories， 3 of which lack imagination and 1 of which was the only reason I bought this book - the sequel to The Outsider。 Perhaps King should have left The Outsider without a sequel。 None of the 4 books were what I'd call scary。 All were cliché and predictable。 The stories created suspense for the reader to press on， but offered nothing in the end。 Still， 4 stars for making My last Stephen King book for now， until a movie version can convince me otherwise。 If It Bleeds was a collection of 4 short stories， 3 of which lack imagination and 1 of which was the only reason I bought this book - the sequel to The Outsider。 Perhaps King should have left The Outsider without a sequel。 None of the 4 books were what I'd call scary。 All were cliché and predictable。 The stories created suspense for the reader to press on， but offered nothing in the end。 Still， 4 stars for making me want to finish the book。 。。。more

Teri Drake-Floyd ，

So good。 I loved every story but "If it Bleeds" was my favorite。 The Life of Chuck was also really good and extremely timely， if you're on TikTok and see all those "the world is a simulation" videos the cool kids are sharing these days。 Sai King still has it！ So good。 I loved every story but "If it Bleeds" was my favorite。 The Life of Chuck was also really good and extremely timely， if you're on TikTok and see all those "the world is a simulation" videos the cool kids are sharing these days。 Sai King still has it！ 。。。more

El Princess ，

I am an avid King fan but this one was a disappointment。 Perhaps if I knew that it was four short stories， I would have been prepared （somehow I missed it）。 Mr。 Harrigan's phone was by far the GREATEST。 That should have been its own book！ In my mind， I was hoping that Mr。 Harrigan's Phone， Chuck， The Outsider （If it Bleeds） and the Rat would all tie together into a great masterpiece where they all had something to do with the other。 It did not。 King wasted too much time telling the story of the I am an avid King fan but this one was a disappointment。 Perhaps if I knew that it was four short stories， I would have been prepared （somehow I missed it）。 Mr。 Harrigan's phone was by far the GREATEST。 That should have been its own book！ In my mind， I was hoping that Mr。 Harrigan's Phone， Chuck， The Outsider （If it Bleeds） and the Rat would all tie together into a great masterpiece where they all had something to do with the other。 It did not。 King wasted too much time telling the story of the novel Drew was writing （yawn）。 The potential was there but ultimately， an epic fail。 Get rid of Holly。 She has run her course。 Her story and interactions with The Robinsons was very cheesy。 Especially the part where Jerome comes through shouting， "Where's my sister？ Where's Barbara？！" That part made me laugh LOL。 。。。more

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=If It Bleeds

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=If It Bleeds&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,If It Bleeds&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0