US EditionNever Flinch Book Review: Stephen King Tries Plotting and Comes Out Plodding
- Stephen King released his new novel Never Flinch, a detective thriller set in Buckeye, Ohio, on May 27, 2025, published by Scribner.
- King wrote Never Flinch after deciding to try something different, including focusing on a plot, though he initially struggled and considered discarding it.
- The story follows private investigator Holly Gibney as she helps solve a serial killer case involving 14 victims, most innocent, linked to an extremist church's violent campaign.
- King admitted that for this book he aimed to create a different kind of story, and when Tabitha King reviewed his initial draft, she delivered a harsh critique, telling him, "You can do better."
- Never Flinch reflects King's ongoing themes of addiction and justice, suggesting his work continues to explore complex human struggles amid new narrative approaches.
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Never Flinch book review: Stephen King tries plotting and comes out plodding
Stephen King doesn’t do plotting. “Plot is,” he decreed in his memoir On Writing, “the good writer’s last resort and the dullard’s first choice.” Instead, he likes to drop his characters into a situation, start writing and see where things go. If he gets stuck, he follows the advice of Raymond Chandler: “When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.”
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