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Stephen King (Author), Joe Hill (Author), Stephen Lang (Narrator),

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This is a terrifying new short story from authors Stephen King and Joe Hill, brought to you as an audiobook original by sister publishers Orion and Hodder & Stoughton. As USA Today said of Stephen King's Mile 81: "Park and scream. Could there be any better place to set a horror story than an abandoned rest stop?"

In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they've lost one another. The boy's cries are growing more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.

Read by Stephen Lang. Stephen Lang is known for his roles in the films Avatar, Tombstone, Public Enemies, Gods and Generals, and Last Exit to Brooklyn. His work on Broadway includes A Few Good Men, Death of a Salesman, The Speed of Darkness, and Hamlet. On television, he has appeared on Terra Nova, Crime Story, and The Bronx is Burning.

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1 hour and 44 minutes
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Stephen King, see all
Narrator

Stephen Lang
Audible release date

22 October 2012
Language

English
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Orion Publishing Group Limited
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B00NPBCFMM
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	1 hour and 44 minutes
Author	Stephen King, Joe Hill
Narrator	Stephen Lang
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	22 October 2012
Publisher	Orion Publishing Group Limited
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00NPBCFMM
Best Sellers Rank	60,787 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 166 in Ghost Horror Fiction 938 in Ghost Stories 42,488 in Teen & Young Adult (Books)

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Marc Turner

One occasion where the film adaptation was an improvement

Reviewed in Australia on 15 February 2020

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I enjoyed this novella, but this is one occasion where I actually prefer (and until reading this, I didn't love) the Netflix adaptation. It's amazing to think they managed to make a feature length out of such brief source material. And therein, I think, lies this story's weakness - comparatively, it feels rushed, even for a short work. I still enjoyed it, and it still screams King/Hill - but was it.my favourite? Not by a long shot. Conceptually it's great, and eerie as hell (not to mention pretty gross/disturbing) but the mythology the film hinted at in the latter half was far more interesting than what was absent in the original story.

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Kindle Customer

Horrible

Reviewed in Australia on 20 October 2020

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Not what I expected. Vivid, scary and thought provoking. Gives me second thoughts about being a good Samaritan. Stay out of the grass.

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Amazon Customer

Horror masters at work!

Reviewed in Australia on 27 October 2019

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So so good. Master of horror master of story!

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Anna

great

Reviewed in Australia on 20 July 2014

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i had to read both the books after this prequel was done - it had me intrigued, and curious for more.

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cAt

True horror

Reviewed in Australia on 16 September 2016

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This is a horror story in the truest sense of the word - it's not for sensitive stomachs. Utterly engaging and absolutely horrible.

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maty

Gruesome

Reviewed in Australia on 9 July 2019

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Great short horror story. For anyone who likes children of the corn and joe hill stories. Fast paced and dark. Couldn't put it down.

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Brent Taylor

Great! Well worth reading.

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2015

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Great concept and I enjoyed it but it would have been nice to get even a small insight as to the cause of the tall grass.

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kiry roberts

One or two parts were a bit to much for me but others may enjoy

Reviewed in Australia on 25 January 2015

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It is Very Stephen King no one else could make a story out of long grass. One or two parts were a bit to much for me but others may enjoy that

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hero_of_canton

A quick but horrific tale!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2020

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Brother and sister, Cal and Becky, are extremely close. During a cross country drive they stop when they hear a young boy calling for help from the tall grass by the roadside and both go in to look for him. Before they know it they are separated from each other and seem to be further from the road than should be possible. What is really going on in the tall grass?

I really like occasionally being able to read a whole story in one day, gives me a real sense of accomplishment. In the case of “In The Tall Grass” though it wasn’t much of a challenge as it is only 61 pages long.

This has been on my Kindle for a while so it felt good to get to one from near the top of my TBR list! I did enjoy this, it has most of the hallmarks of a good King/Hill horror story but I did think the shortness let it down. I didn’t feel I had enough time to really get to know Becky and Cal before they were in peril and, to be honest, what I did know of them they sounded annoying!

There is creepiness galore along with the supernatural element we have come to know and love from a lot of King’s books. There is also quite a lot of gore! The section towards the end was particular disturbing!

There really isn’t a massive amount I can say about such a short story, especially whilst avoiding spoilers. It was a nice quick way of passing the time today. I read just under half while I had my soak in the bath and then I finished it just before bed so it was fine. It’s very fast paced, as you would expect from a short story, pretty much straight into arriving at the tall grass, and there isn’t much let up in the action.

On the whole, the story is well written and the descriptive content was excellent. I do love character pieces and this is lacking on that score but you can’t expect much in the way of character development in such a short story. I’d be interested to see how Netflix have developed it for a film to be honest as I would imagine they’ve had to do a lot of fleshing out to make anything feature length.

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Emily Weatherburn

A Bit of a Disappointment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2018

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I was a little disappointed with this story; I have read two of King’s full-length novels, and have written two five-star reviews for them, but In the Tall Grass left a lot to be desired.

It starts well; there is a lot of tension as a brother and sister get out of their car to investigate the cries of a child. It seems as though they have wondered into a nearly field full of long grass. The siblings decide to rescue the child, but as soon as they enter it, they find themselves lost. No matter what they do, they aren’t able to escape the field - or even find each other.

The tension of their confusion is built for about 70% of the novel (which is great), but the last 30% just gets a little... weird. I have always admired King’s ability to evoke fear in his readers without relying on gore and brutality, but I can’t say that about In the Tall Grass. This story is VERY brutal, and to be honest, I think it was a little too much for me (which is saying something). It’s not scary, it’s just gross, and can make you feel a little uncomfortable.

That said, it is only towards the end of the story that this brutality establishes itself; I enjoyed the rest of it quite a lot, and was intrigued about the grass and all of the supernatural elements that are wrapped up in it.

It’s not a bad story, but it’s not King’s best, and you definitely need to be prepared for gore if you fancy giving it a read.

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Zoé

Grim and horrific! Beware of Grass!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 February 2021

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A novella that starts off with two undescriptive people dubbed the “Irish Twins”, Becky and Cal are on a journey across the country to stay with their Aunt and Uncle. Why? Well, Becky is pregnant, so she decides to stay with them while she has the baby. Her brother Cal, well where one goes the other one goes.

The scene is set quickly, in a car, no music and windows are down because of the heat. Straight away you know something will happen, I mean this is a King/Hill collaboration. As they are driving, somehow they hear the sounds of a boy crying out. Ok, so here come the chills. I think we have all read enough horror books to know, if you hear a kid crying out, you just run, it will never come to any good. Well, surprise surprise!

We are literally surrounded by this tall grass, I am already feeling claustrophobic. We are turned back to front and in circles. Sounds are never that close by, or they are so close you can touch them but you definitely can’t see them. While the boy is shouting for help, his mother is telling you to stay away. But who do we trust? The innocent voice crying for help, or the adult voice telling us to stay away? Who needs help?

Each step we take into the grass feels like another step to our death, the unknown. I am suffocated by all the fricking grass, it is unbreakable, it is fire resistant, it is almost as it is fighting back our efforts to escape. There are no sounds in this grass, apart from the shouts, it just amplifies the isolation and adds to the fear. This maze is one I fear we will never solve.

Until….

Cal and Becky, although separated meet 2 different people and it feels like salvation. Although it feels malevolent, this is not the joy I thought we would get. I mean again, who am I kidding, I mean remember who wrote this snappy story! The tale turns dark and grim so quickly as we realise there is no escape from the grass….well unless we do something….but we don’t want to do that something….do we? It calls us…. but no we have to stay away. However, things get grimmer and desperate for Becky she is with the wrong person in this tale and her scenes were graphic and terrifying. I dread to be in her situation, it was not a good one. And yet, we feel hope at a reunion. The only problem is we know what happened before Cal and Becky see each other again. And this reunion is one I do not want to think about again it was just plain awful and if I let it bother me, so gut-wrenching and disgusting. But we won’t think about that, I can’t think of that. All I will say is thank god I will never be pregnant again and therefore I know this will NEVER happen to me!

In true King style, we have an ending that will leave us screaming! So many emotions are packed into 51 pages and it is enough to have you screaming next time you see grass. I know that this book has made sure I never let my grass grow any bigger and to stay away if it does! I love that in this novella I felt so many emotions and I flew through it. I loved the mix of King and Hill, the gore mixed with the intensity of the dire situation we are in. The scare factor with the unrelenting isolation.

Now I am off to see how the Netflix adaptation fares up, I have purposely not looked at who is playing whom in the film so as not to have my thoughts determined beforehand. I have no idea to whom I might want to play Becky and Cal as we have literally no description of their characters. They are faceless people, just impressions of what they might look like! I am looking forward to seeing how this translate and I am dreading that scene that I can’t tell you about, because well….it is AWFUL! It is definitely worth a read and with only 51 pages it won’t take you long to feel the dread, the fear and the tickling of the grass on your neck.

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Kindle Customer

A great short read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2018

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I will struggle to rate novellas over three stars, especially those with ambiguous endings. However, in terms of visceral responses to reading, this is a very decent read!

I am all for books that get you to empathise with the characters, and the hopelessness of the characters plight comes across very quickly in this - “Abandoned at sea in a drifting current” came to my mind, at the same time that it was described as that within the book. That to my mind is good authoring!

However, from being just hopeless, this book turned a bit weird, and a little deep, with minimal explanation, and that’s where it ended up lacking. A good read, but not a great one!

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MarinaL

Particularly nasty...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2021

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I absolutely love Stephen King. I’ve been a fan for approximately 35 years now & I’ve enjoyed many of his books, especially his novellas. However, it’s true to say that not all of his offerings are up to standard & I’m aware that this is a father/son collaboration, (if that’s the correct word). The story is a great idea, but it was quickly apparent that it was going nowhere apart from downhill. I actually enjoyed the Netflix screen version a lot more than this - at least that had an expanded story line & a decent ending

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