



There are a few other unremarkable stories, ones that feel too conventional, uninspired, or only half-finished, but “The Mist” is the worst offender. It feels like every Stephen King trope packed into one story, and there is just nothing exciting about it. The one I dislike is the well-known and apparently popular “The Mist”, which takes up about 150 pages of the book, and which I find to be unbearably trite and boring. Some made me roll my eyes, some left me indifferent, and some were gripping, but there is one I dislike immensely, and two that I kind of love. It is a collection of short stories and some of King’ s earliest work, and the stories are of widely varying quality. I’ve owned this book for 20 years probably, and I think this was my third read through.
