The Button Box (Picture Puffin Books)

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We believe this is one of our most successful productions to date. The flexibility of the songs and dramatic content was perfect for us.The children loved the variety of songs and musical styles. It's a nice story. A bit on the safe side maybe. We got a lot of likable characters, generic bully/ bad guy and a cozy mystery. Basically, it's like what might have happened if a decent person took possession of death note.

I started this book with a bit of skepticism, as King's last 20 years of career haven't thrilled me like his first 20 years. However, since I had read "Gwendy's Button Box" some time ago, I wanted to see how it turned out. This is in fact the final chapter of the Gwendy trilogy and her button box. It is certainly not a masterpiece of literature, but in any case it is a very current novel, which makes you think and which all in all deserves three stars. The Box is a 2009, American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly, who also serves as a co-producer. It is based on the 1970 short story " Button, Button" by Richard Matheson, which was previously adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man (played by Frank Langella) who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within the dome on top of the box, but tells them that, once the button has been pushed, someone they do not know will die. A short walk takes you into the centre of Golcar offering friendly pubs, all serving a range of food.After the utter shit that was Gwendy's Magic Feather, I swore I was done with this series, because that one absolutely stank. I should have listened to myself. This is great King storytelling. No doubt there was help from Richard Chizmar, but a lot of the writing is just too “King” to be from anyone else. The KING of the authors& brilliant Richard Chizmar saved the best for the last! And guess what they smartly weaved Roland Deschain’s universe into this story! Good news for Dark Tower fans! Both stories blended perfectly for us! I gave extra nerdy shrieks during my read each time I read those references! My geeky cells truly had a big celebration!

I will say, here and now, that if Chizmar's name ever gets associated with King's on another retirement fund writing project, I will happily and joyfully pass, knowing I saved my eyes a bunch of rolling, and saved my money by passing on yet another polished turd. and there isn’t power without responsibility (ask Peter Parker if you don’t believe me!) and consequences. Gwendy’s Final Task takes place in a post-Covid 2026 (there are a few references to it, but not too much). Gwendy is now a 64-year-old US Senator who is having memory issues due to early onset Alzheimer’s. That would be troubling under any circumstance, but Gwendy is about to travel to an international space station, so it’s even worse. The novel tells the tale of how she came to be in that position, what she plans to do when she gets into space, and what it all has to do with Richard Farris and the button box—because you know it has something to do with Richard Farris and the button box. I must admit I am glad I did. It was much better than the second book and a fitting end to the story.Moving along, I love this journey I’ve been on with Gwendy and this entire trilogy as it’s been such a reading adventure. It was great to go through all the phases of Gwendy as a little girl in the first one, an adult in the second one, and now as an older woman in her 60s. This novel was delightfully written in a way that not only gave some updates on previous characters met in the first two books but introduced another lineup of even more awesome characters.

I can only hope that Chizmar got his retirement fund out of his connection with King and doesn't continue to milk the everliving shit out of it.This is the fourth Starshine production we have done and they just keep getting better and better!!! There are 26 children in our class which is year 5 and 6. The children had 4 weeks to learn it after SATs. They choreographed their own dances, thought of the accessories to go with each scene, to keep it simple yet effective, and made their own posters and programmes to advertise the perfomance! The children loved it and they performed it for our local senior citizens and had a night time performance which was attended by 76 people. I am a teaching assistant in our school and I am so proud of all the children's efforts that they put into this performance. Such A Quality Product.

There was this weird writing tic for a chunk of the book, where whichever author was responsible kept murdering the chapter endings with overexplanation. The first and worst followed Richard Farris's last visit to Gwendy's home. As he is wont to do, he vanished like a fart in the wind while Gwendy was momentarily distracted, with this final line: The final book in the New York Times bestselling Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.

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It happens again, not quite as egregiously, but still someone felt the need to cap several chapters with a completely unnecessary extra two-word paragraph. Following a mysterious phone call leaking information that Gwendy was seeking but was otherwise stonewalled, Husband has mobility issues and this cottage was very easy for him to move around as all on one level and mainly laminate flooring with a ramp into the property." Another couple is offered the same box. They also decide to press the button; at the same time, Arthur shoots Norma while embracing her, and Walter is healed from his condition. It is implied that this mysterious offer will continue among other couples in the future. After a few catastrophic events prove to Gwendy that the box still has negative powers, she prepares to take it up with her into space. Gwendy learns that there are others who want to get their hands on it, hoping to use the box’s powers to advance themselves in ways they could not accomplish on their own. Gwendy will have to make some serious choices, as she orbits Earth, hoping to make Richard Farris proud and ensure the world is a safer place. A great end to the trilogy, in which King and Chizmar left the reader thinking a great deal about the power of suggestion and how control can sometimes be too much for a single person to handle. Before going further – I do need to say thanks to Richard for sending me a physical ARC of this – seriously blown away by that act of kindness.