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Gwendy's Button Box de Stephen King
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Gwendy's Button Box (edição: 2017)

de Stephen King (Autor)

Séries: Gwendy Peterson (1)

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There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong, if time-rusted, iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat.… (mais)
Membro:JasonSly
Título:Gwendy's Button Box
Autores:Stephen King (Autor)
Informação:Cemetery Dance Pubns (2017), Edition: World's First Edition and First Printing, 180 pages
Coleções:Sua biblioteca, Lendo atualmente, Para ler
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Etiquetas:stephen-king

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Gwendy's Button Box de Stephen King

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Kurzrezension | Gwendys Wunschkasten
Diese 128-seitige Kurzgeschichte konnte mich ganz gut unterhalten, auch wenn einige Dinge über den Wunschkasten im Unklaren blieben und die Figuren nicht sehr stark ausgemalt waren.
Gwendys Wunschkasten ist auch das erste Buch, welches ich dem King-Universum hinzufügen kann. Dieses Leseprojekt habe ich erst vor Kurzem entdeckt und mich direkt verguckt.

Rezension – Gwendys Wunschkasten
Cover
Die kleinen Silberdollar und die Schoko Figuren sind absolut passend für den Inhalt des Buches, doch vermisse ich auf dem Cover die oft genannten Tasten „rot“ und „schwarz“ des Wunschkastens.

Handlung
Gwendy ist 12 Jahre und übergewichtig. Nachdem sie beschlossen hat an ihrer körperlichen Situation etwas zu ändern, trifft sich nach einem Training auf den mysteriösen Mr. Farris. Dieser überreicht ihr in einem alten Segeltuchsack einen Wunschkasten, voller farbiger Tasten und Hebel an der Seite.
Mr. Farris erklärt ihr kurz dass die einzelnen bunten Taste für die Kontinente der Welt stehen, die schwarze Taste bringt ein großes Unheil und mit der roten Taste ist einfach alles möglich. Und Mr. Farris meint wirklich alles. Außerdem gibt ihr der Kasten jeden Tag ein Schokoladentierchen und ab und zu einen wertvollen Silberdollar.

Hier sollte die Geschichte eigentlich spannend werden, aber sie tröpfelt nur so dahin, und erzählt davon wie Gwendy nach und nach ihr Wunschgewicht erreicht und sonst einfach alles leicht von der Hand fällt. Wenn ich jetzt hier mehr von der Geschichte erzählen würden, dann könnte ich einem Spoiler nicht mehr ausweichen.
Insgesamt ist die Geschichte ganz behaglich zu lesen, auch wenn alles ein wenig grotesk wirkt. Aber ich denke, genau das gibt dem Buch das Mystische, dem sich die Leser:innen nicht entziehen können.

Charaktere & Setting
Die Charaktere sind alle, bis auf Gwendy und Mr. Farris, sehr schwammig und farblos dargestellt, was ich ein wenig schade fand. Aber für ein Kurzgeschichte ist dies wohl zu verzeihen.
Es heißt, dass dieses Buch King-Fans zurück nach Castle Rock bringt. Ich mir aber jetzt nicht sicher bin, ob ich mit Gwendy ebenfalls in dieses Städtchen zurückgekehrt bin. Da die paar King-Bücher, die ich gelesen habe, schon viele Jahre zurückliegen. Viel erfährt man nicht über Castle Rock, aber die gesamte Grundstimmung des Buches ist trotz einer sehr erfolgreichen und glücklichen Gwendy bedrückend und düster. Und irgendwie auch skurril.

Schreibstil
Da ich bisher noch nicht so viele Bücher vom berüchtigten Stephen King gelesen habe und Richard Chizmar für mich völlig unbekannt ist, kann ich nicht genau sagen, wer von beide in diesem Buch mehr heraussticht. Aber es war ein angenehmer lockerer Schreibstil, der auch etwas leicht Bedrohliches in sich hatte. Was dem Buch aber wirklich den richtigen Touch gibt.

Fazit
Ein grotesk wirkendes Buch, welches mich einfach nicht losgelassen hat. Selbst die eintönigen Nebencharaktere können daran nichts ändern. Denn das Mystische stiehlt sich schonungslos in das Leserherz und am Ende blieb ich mit so vielen offenen Fragen zurück, die ich aber auch gar nicht beantwortet haben will. Denn dann wäre das Nebulöse nicht mehr so anziehend. ( )
  RoXXieSiXX | May 20, 2024 |
Interesting quick read. I tend to get frustrated with books like this... too long for it to be a good short story, yet too short to be a decent novel. Just enough to get me interested but not enough to leave me feeling satisfied. I finished this and felt I had more questions than answers...BUT I did enjoy the main character and I’ve already ordered the 2nd book. I’m hoping it will fill in some of the gaps. ( )
  jbrownleo | Mar 27, 2024 |
A great, quick read. ( )
  mancinibo | Nov 30, 2023 |
A short novella which can be read in a couple of hours, this is apparently book 1 in a trilogy and a collaboration with a writer I hadn't heard of before.

Twelve year old Gwendy is exercising one day, trying to get her weight down having had a spiteful comment directed at her and aware that when she starts at the new school shortly she will be bullied if she is chubby. She runs up the stairs to a vantage point in the local park, known as suicide stairs, and at the top a man dressed in black is sitting who introduces himself in a quirky manner. She is naturally cautious at first but he says he has a present for her and shows her an attractive box covered with coloured buttons. Each represents a continent except for the black one which must never be pressed and stands for everything, and a red one which can be anything she wills. A lever on one side produces delicious miniature chocolate animals, one per day, which will allow her to eat her proper balanced meals but not be tempted by deserts. And on the other side, another level occasionally produces valuable silver dollars which eventually help her with college expenses.

The mysterious man in black, who has the initials RF (Randall Flagg anyone?) tells her that to guard the box will be her responsibility. She does so but as she gets older and college looms, what to do with it becomes more of a burden. One or two things happen which make her very wary of it. Meanwhile, it seems to have done a lot of good to her and her family without her having to actively utilise it.

On the plus side, I liked Gwendy as a character: sensible, kind, hard working and so on, she is an ideal guardian for a dangerous weapon. I wasn't such a fan at one point that to overcome a villain she flashes her boobs at him; surely some other method could have been chosen for her to distract a killer? And RF, if it were indeed he, seems far too benevolent. Rather than give it to someone responsible, wouldn't he just press the buttons and blow the world up? The book has some nice illustrations and it was a pleasant read, but on the whole I would rate it at 3 stars. ( )
  kitsune_reader | Nov 23, 2023 |
loved this story. ( )
  cfulton20 | Nov 13, 2023 |
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There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong, if time-rusted, iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat.

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