Gwendy's Final Task
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4.3 • 335 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The final book in the New York Times bestselling Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its eight colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box reentered Gwendy’s life. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation the box represented. Now, malignant forces seek to possess the button box, and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs. But where can one hide something from such powerful entities?
In Gwendy’s Final Task, master storytellers Stephen King and Richard Chizmar take us on a journey from Castle Rock to another famous cursed Maine city to the MF-1 space station, where Gwendy must execute a secret mission to save the world. And, maybe, all worlds.
Customer Reviews
A conclusion befitting a genuinely original tale
The Gwendy Trilogy, from reading reviews, is somewhat divisive. Half love it, half hate it, few are indifferent. I am one of the former, and here’s why. Take a short story Stephen King started, Richard Chizmar championed, and a narrative that asks the reader to feel. That is the Gwendy Trilogy. From the beginning, I knew this wasn’t a fully fleshed King tale. And that’s absolutely okay. In fact, because of its origins and subsequent chronicles, it’s unique in its own right. The majority of reviews I’ve read are jaded remarks made with particular expectations. But please, Constant Reader, take this story as is, without assumption. Read as a lover of literature and narrative instead of an author’s devotee. You will find a lovely composition of thrills and emotion, but ultimately convalescing to an ending worthy of a good read. Highly recommend for the avid reader or the casual consumer.
PSA: Any political views assumed by other readers are just that: assumed. Art is interpreted by many in many different ways. The lead character as a senator is a literary device, not a political stance the author has taken. The reviews that include politics have lost the point of art itself and refuse to acknowledge that politics of a fictional character can be just that.
What a fun ride!
Absolutely wonderful! I’d highly recommend reading all three Button Box books in order and one after the other if you are going to read them. The series felt more like one Big book then 3 small ones. This was fun, fast paced and really great character development. The final book should be read after you read the Dark Tower series as it does have some spoilers. Not required but has a lot more meaning if you’ve read the DT books (as do almost all of a kings books!) It also implies that things are still going on with the Tower which was exciting! The Derry and Pennywise references excited me, I found myself hoping there would be more to come, as we never truly answered all the questions that this book spun up.
Overall this was a great ride!
Gwendy’s Final Task
Very disappointing. I love Stephen King and have read his books for 30+ years however these books he co-wrote with Richard Chizmar are frustrating to read. Richard uses these books as a platform for his extreme political views. I respect everyone’s personal views however this was so over the top. I literally skipped well over a 100 pages that were useless, didn’t contribute to the storyline, and only there to push ones opinions on the audience. Stephen King you let me down.