In the Tall Grass
Written by Stephen King and Joe Hill
Narrated by Stephen Lang
4/5
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About this audiobook
Mile 81 meets “N.” in this novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
As USA TODAY said of Stephen King’s Mile 81: “Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?” In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
Stephen King
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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What our readers think
Readers find this title to be a mixed bag. Some reviewers were disappointed, finding it not up to Stephen King's usual standards and feeling that it went too far with its disturbing content. However, there were also positive reviews, with readers finding it thrilling, exciting, and well-written. While it may not be a typical Stephen King book, it still has its own unique qualities. Overall, the book is recommended for horror fans, but readers should be prepared for its disturbing and unpredictable nature.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Do NOT listen to this. Not even scary and was predictable from early on. Just purely disgusting with no literary pay off or resolution. If you’re going to torture your readers, you should at least make it creepy or interesting. King also goes off on tangents that add nothing to the story. I would never recommend this story to anyone I know, and I enjoy the thriller genre.
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I like Stephen King but this one did a thing and went a place that I cannot accept. Besides that the story was good. That one thing ruined it in a big way near the end.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This like Fin was terrible but for different reasons as the stories are not in any way comparable but by how bad they are. I watched the movie first which I don’t normally do and it was bad. But the book is alway’s better. Not in this case. It’s an all over the place mess that’s way too short. This story had potential. But they pissed it away on try to do a fast sell. And Stephen King is my favourite author. The best ever in his genre hands down. But he’s also someone who will throw garbage out there just to make money. That’s what this is.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is classic scary King in the modern world. I was hooked from the very first sentence. Joe Hill is every bit of Stephen Kings child, the ultimate book writing duo.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Didn't lure me in like a normal Stephen king story
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Creepy! Perfectly scary and gross! One hour is good length to listen just before BEDTIME
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I've never said this in my entire life until now: "the movie was sooo much better than the book"
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surprised me in the end! Wow sick just sick.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Where’s the whole story at is it on here ?!?!
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It really bothers me that I have to leave a review if I want my book to be marked as finished
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, keep the Netflix movie just spend two hours listening here!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I liked the book. It just was strange evenfor a Stephen King book. I wasn't Kings's normal type of 'on the edge of your seat whats gonna happen next' kinda book.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Not at all up to Stephen King’s usual standards. Very disappointing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This short novel is way better than the movie adaptation
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Even though is short, it's full of emotions, thrilling and exciting, a must while alone
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5King never lets me down. Now I want to see the film
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, that was gruesome! Classic King! A brother and sister, driving across country, stop and hear a child calling for help from the tall grass. They go in and... well, that's when the "fun" starts! Creepy, terrifying, and disturbing, as only Stephen King, and son, can! Not for the faint of heart!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5classic King style story, keeps you on the edge of your seat.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Something of a conventional King, replete with terrible stereotypes (the "latter-day hippies"), but gripping in how scary a sunny day and some tall grass can be. Also rather unsettling, in the typical horror scenario, in how it advises strongly against ever being "a good Samaritan." Still, I've liked some of King's other stuff, and I have to admit that I'm curious about the upcoming sequel to "The Shining," entitled "Doctor Sleep." There's a preview in this edition...
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In The Tall Grass is a novella written by Stephen King and his son - an author in his own right - Joe Hill.A brother and sister driving in their car through Kansas with their windows down, pull over after hearing a child's plea for help coming from a grassy field by the side of the road.They enter the field in search of the child and find the grass is taller than they are. The grass is disorientating, and they quickly become separated from each other and lost. Learning there are others in the grass with them and something bigger is at play here, fear and panic set in.There are supernatural and horror themes within this e-book and in my opinion the author collaboration between father and son has worked effortlessly here. I do hope to see more titles by the two of them together in the future; I think it's a winning combination!At the end of the novella were two sneak previews of the individual author's new works which was a major bonus. Doctor Sleep is Stephen King's sequel to the successful novel The Shining and Joe Hill's NOS4R2 which is due to be published 30 April 2013.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When the woman realized she had eaten her own baby
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It was written well, but to me it didn’t give any info HOW the grass acted like that, or the rock. And it was kind of predictable from the minute they got out of the car. But it’s not a BAD story. His newer work lacks the bizzarity and fear of his earlier work, which kind of sucks because he did it so well! And he was the best at what he did. But ppl change as they get older, I’m not expecting his stories to ever have the unique strange:scary feel of his earlier work.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Man. What an f’d up story! I feel like I need a shower after hearing it!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5King certainly writes some VERY out-there stuff, and I’m not familiar with the co-author, but this was just weird and gross.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I have been a fan of Stephen King for 30 + years and this went too far. Like, just effing gross. Come on, dude, you can do better and if the nastiness I'm eluding to wasn't your doing maybe nepotism has it's time and it's place because "Sleeping Beauties" was great and this was worse than anything I think you have ever written, save the "Desperation" era. Do. Not. Want.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I like short stories but I hate not knowing what causes or believe to be causing something
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disgusting, horrifying, and incredibly disturbing. In other words, an incredible father-son collaboration! Highly recommended for horror fans with an ending you don’t see coming!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This one was alright, not great but still worth a listen!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I didn’t care for this book. I didn’t completely get it, once the protagonist met the antagonist.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The second father and son pairing of King and Hill (after Throttle) is, to me, a better story. More simple, more straightforward, and quite enjoyable. And the novella format seems to augment their pairings. Short enough to not be tedious, long enough to get solid characterization. And speaking of characters, it was absolutely surreal to listen to the audiobook and hear someone yelling "Tobin." Thanks, King and Hill, for putting me into a story, even if I was the little bastard that started all the shenanigans