Vreau mai intai sa spun ca orice recenzie pe care am citit-o la cartea asta e un camp minat pentru aia care n-au citit-o, si vor s-o faca. O sa incerc eu sa am grija la asta, da nu promit nimic. Pentru ca sunt foarte multe personaje, foarte multe subploturi sa spui ceva despre ea fara sa le mentionezi in trecere si pe astea e acelasi lucru cu a nu spune nimic, sau cu a spune ca oceanul e ud si in padure sunt copaci.
Acestea fiind zise, am terminat-o de citit acum 10 minute. Nu-mi pare rau ca am citit-o, dar 22 de ore de lectura, in total, ieri si azi, din care jumatate sunt folosite pentru a ne prezenta personajele (notite mai jos) si din jumatatea care ramane mai mult de un sfert e pentru cacatul care incepe sa escaladeze… prea mult pentru o carte care imi face pielea de gaina abia pe ultima suta de metri.
Deci avem asa: anul 1991, una bucata orasel din Maine, numit Castle Rock si un individ foarte de treaba, Leland Gaunt, care deschide un magazin numit Needful Things. In magazinul asta orice client gaseste ceva de care are nevoie, aparent foarte ieftin. Si nu e vorba de masini sau case, ci de prostioare ca o coada de vulpe, sau o vaza, sau un cartonas cu jucatori de baseball.
Because in America, you could have anything you wanted, just as long as you could pay for it. If you couldn’t pay, or refused to pay, you would remain needful forever.
Leland Gaunt
Brian Rusk – 12 ani; primul client al magazinului
Hugh Priest – betivul satulu
Alan Pangborne – seriful
Polly Chalmers – are artrita si un magazin unde face haine
Norris Ridgewick – ajutor de serif
John LaPointe – politist; el si Sally Ratcliffe au fost impreuna inainte de evenimentele din carte
Nettie Cobb – lumea spune despre ea ca e nebuna; descrisa ca un soricel speriat; lucreaza pt. Polly
Rosalie Drake – prietena cu Nettie, lucreaza tot pt. Polly
Cora Rusk – mama lui Brian; obeza
Myra Evans – prietena mamei lui Brian
Henry Beaufort are un bar numit The Mellow Tiger
Danford „Buster” Keeton – seful consiliului orasului
Rev. William Rose – pastor baptist
Father Brigham – preot catolic
Wilma Jerzyck – vecina cu Nettie; temperament de taur
Nan Roberts – baptista; are un restaurant
Sally Ratcliffle – le preda copiilor cu probleme de vorbire; logodita cu Lester
Lester Pratt – profesor de educatie fizica
Eddie Warburton – omul de serviciu
Ricky Bissonette – mecanic
Everett Frankel – irlandez; asistentul doctorului local
Frank Jewett – directorul scolii
George T. Nelson – prieten cu directorul
Sonny Jackett – mecanic
Pentru ca ii place sa-si lege cartile una de alta:
Not all the things which happen in small towns are known to the residents, no matter how sharp their ears are or how energetically their tongues wag. In Castle Rock they knew about Frank Dodd, the cop who went crazy and killed the women back in Sheriff Bannerman’s day, and they knew about Cujo, the Saint Bernard who had gone rabid out on Town Road #3, and they knew that the lakeside home of Thad Beaumont, novelist and local Famous Person, had burned to the ground during the summer of 1989, but they did not know the circumstances of that burning, or that Beaumont had been haunted by a man who was really not a man at all, but a creature for which there may be no name.
In afara de asta ii mai mentioneaza si pe Gordon LaChance, Ewie Chalmers, inchisoarea Shawshank si probabil si alti oameni si alte locuri pe care eu le-am trecut cu vederea.
Lucrurile de care avem nevoie nu sunt intotdeauna intelese de cei din jur
fourteen years ago, that it had been the last straw, the one which finally drove her over the edge. He had broken many of her bones during their years together, and she had let him live. Finally he had broken something she really needed, and she had taken his life.
Pus in perspectiva, citatul asta e foarte ironic:
Which just went to show how flaky he was getting around the edges, because when he had shaken Gaunt’s hand, he’d felt a wave of revulsion so sudden and deep it had been like a muscle spasm. For that one moment he had been convinced that he had found his Chief Persecutor. He would have to watch that sort of thing; there was no sense going overboard.
Mentioneaza the Plains of Leng si pe Yog-Sothoth, ceea ce m-a facut foarte fericita, si, in paranteza fie spus, cred ca inseamna ceva mai mult decat a lasat sa se inteleaga.
Yog-Sothoth rules, he thought randomly, and then shivered. He didn’t know who the fuck Yog-Sothoth was, probably some Rastafarian reggae singer with ninety pounds of dreadlocks growing out of his dirty scalp, but Ace still didn’t like the sound that name made in his head. Thinking about that name in this place seemed like a bad idea. It seemed like a dangerous idea.
Finalul? Ce final? Ah, da. Daca era vorba despre alt autor, as fi spus ca nu conteaza finalul, ca asta e mai mult o carte filosofica despre cum lucrurile de care credem ca avem nevoie ajung sa ne posede, orice om are o latura rea, pe care frica o exacerbeaza si totul e doar o iluzie. Da nu e, asa ca o sa spun ca King + foreshadowing = win, deci nu vine de nicaieri, nu e surprinzator, chiar daca ii lipseste ceva care sa il faca satisfacator.
Am vazut si filmul. Nu are nici o legatura cu cartea. Poate vag. In nici un caz nu se poate spune „am vazut filmul, nu mai trebuie sa citesc cartea”. Sunt schimbate atatea lucruri si detalii semnificative ca nu inteleg ce rost mai are.