The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences Hardcover – September 13, 2022

Bev Vincent’s The Stephen King Ultimate Companion: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences reads like a text book chock full of quality facts based on Mr. King’s brilliant alternative fictions of horror, suspense, and my favorites on memoir and teaching craft.The cover fakes a worn classic in appearance at first glance. Though quality absent paper covering. Accents of typewriter fonts and blood spatter invite speculation of contents.Inside thick pages full of color photos to fun facts scattered throughout this joy ride of info unknown to me as a more recent fan since reading On Writing a few years ago. Since then consumed a couple dozen stories from horror to what vibes magical realism of suspense in the Billy Hodges Series.Hearing Mr. King’s story in his words made me curious to read about him from someone else’s assembling.Recently stumbled upon “Understanding the Dark Tower Universe” in a few minute video on YouTube.This fan’s explanation in visuals of the connection to Mr. King’s many stories toward the one developed over so many years woven in and out of his entire library of accomplishments gave me a whole new appreciation of what I’ve been missing as a novice of his brilliance.Growing up with literacy struggles never dreamed of experiencing Mr. King outside of movies. With the help of audio am able to mount the endurance challenges of series and The Stand. Adding intensity by increasing speed of the narrator adds to pacing and enjoyment especially on cross country road trips.If you enjoy facts and text book style reading bites at a time this will be a fantastic choice.If you prefer long chapters of words minute captions and headlines of original cover art to photos including everything the subtitle notes: a complete exploration of his work, life, and influences you might not enjoy this so much.For me, a complete exploration is a bit of a stretch on a man’s life that feels eternal. Like Queen Elizabeth can anyone remember life without Stephen King?Whether a reader and movie goer or not Mr. King is a part of the world we live. This book is a way to reminisce and learn unfamiliar details.For me, felt this would give me a broader view of someone I admire for his skill, authenticity, and creativity as a publisher author.Happy to have this on my shelf for review anytime. Hoping this review encourages consideration if you enjoy Mr. King or not.I find knowing about a writer adds to them as a published author and peaks interest. No doubt this book will for generations to come.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💯

My husband loved this book. He is a fan of Stephen King's work and enjoyed the background and all the photos and illustrations. Quite a treasure trove1

Fast delivery , great care taken.

Bev Vincent has done his homework. Vincent completely dissects King's large body of work, from his novels to his short stories and then some. Included is movies, tv and other adaptations. Vincent gives a thorough biographical expose, including how King’s life experiences has influenced his writing. Included at the end are several very helpful indexes that the reader will find helpful. Photos and additional graphics are a worthy addition. One negative thing; I ordered the Kindle version of the book. That version was hard to navigate and the photos did not appear correctly. My Kindle Fire version showed the photos much better and in color. I think that the best thing to do is order the hard bound print version from Amazon. That version would rate 5 stars for sure. Vincent also wrote a book regarding King’s Dark Tower series of books. This is also recommended reading; available from Amazon, too.

The book is great; neatly packaged and timely sent. Plus points for ease of order processing.

Love the pictures and the stories of Mr. King’s life, from childhood through today. Especially loved the stories behind the stories he has written. A MUST for every fan!!!

I'm a huge fan of King...but don't claim to be his biggest...ahemAnnnyway, the author did a great job compiling all the interesting tidbits and stories about King's beginnings,in-betweens, and recent forays.I've never said that I know everything there is to know about King, but have read quite a bit on him and by him. This volume has so much to offer, and has lead me to look into some unknown works and more history on King's other projects.Fun, creepy and inspirational!! Long days and pleasant nights from this Constant Reader

I love the formatting/layout of the book and the inclusion of the photographs, it's fun to read through but only if you've skipped books, whether On Writing or similar, about King's life before. I still enjoyed going through but wasn't wowed with a ton of new insights or information. Still, if you're a fan of King and want to learn more about him, you can't go wrong with this one.