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1922 by Stephen King
3.0

1922 is a cleverly written novella and my first King. It's told from the perspective of a man who murdered his wife and the entire novella acts as a letter confessing his crimes. There are no chapter breaks, but there are spaces between sections.

I've heard that King doesn't write women well and that a lot of his writing can be hard to digest socially, so I was prepared for that. But damn. I get that it's set in 1922, so I'm curious if this is the writing style I heard of or him writing for the time... but my god. There's so much misogyny in here, it's frustrating.

As for the story itself, it's unsettling and I love a story written from a bad guy's point of view. The rats. If you have a fear of rats, proceed with caution. I also highly recommend the audiobook. The narration is gold.