 Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to another Stephen King review. We're doing this one a little bit differently only because my internet's acting up the way it is, so I'm going to split up the four novellas in If It Bleeds. This is just a dust jacket because my copy is inside because I'm still reading it. I'm currently halfway through If It Bleeds. Not yet. The title story. I guess? The collection too. Whatever. So we're gonna start with my review of Mr. Harrigan's Phone. I loved this story. I couldn't find any fault in it whatsoever. If I were going to criticize it, because people are bound to mention it, this story felt a lot like Hearts in Atlantis with a nod to... Give me a second. I can never remember the name of this short story, although I like it. I think it's Harold something. Harvey's Dream. That's it. Harvey's Dream. So it's a mishmash. It's a mishmash of Harvey's Dream. I almost forgot the name of the story again just that quick. It's a mishmash of Harvey's Dream and Hearts in Atlantis. It's about a boy who goes to read for the rich dude in town and they end up forming maybe not a friendship, but a close relationship and then supernatural spooky stuff happens. I loved this story as much as I loved all the stuff in Hearts in Atlantis. There's a certain passion that Stephen King has, a talent for writing about kids and old people talking back and forth. At least I feel that that is true. With this one, one of the things that really struck me, and I spoke to my buddy Scott Kemper about this, he brought up how racist McTig and I can't remember the other books that the boy reads to Mr. Harrigan, but there was a lot of subtext there. You got a lot of character building based solely on what this boy was reading to this man. And all of the books from what I haven't read them, but I do know the history behind the authors that wrote the books. What I didn't know about the books, and thank you Scott for pointing this out, is that the books were about corruption and greed. And that tells you a lot about Mr. Harrigan without telling you anything on the page really. It's just saying these are the books that he enjoys. This is probably how he is. And as the story goes on, you learn more and more about this guy. And King paints this character so that you maybe sympathize, well no, you definitely sympathize with the boy. You don't sympathize with Mr. Harrigan's attitude and the things that happen in the book are rather vile, but they have their purpose and they are somewhat even say deserved. But this one, I love it. This story is everything that I want from Stephen King. The character development, the supernatural aspect, it even has a bit of Wendy's button box in it, but this one, this story is much better than Wendy's button box and Leagues better than Wendy's magic feather. You guys know I just like that one anyways. Well if you're a fan of the channel, if you're new here, hi. But with Mr. Harrigan's phone, I was left with this feeling like this is the man that I respect. This is the hero that I have come to love. This is the guy that I missed for so long after his accident. This story, I'm trying not to talk about any of the other stories in there and I'm trying to keep this one short because I plan on super cutting all these together once my internet is better. Bear with me, bear with me. I know we're all struggling right now. I'm not looking for sympathies. I'm just saying just bear with me. But this story, here's my final thought on the book. I want to bring this up because I get a lot of flak for mentioning the cost of books. Like in my review of Yukio Mishima's Star, it's a $12, $13, $14 book but it's only a short story in length. I honestly feel like if Mr. Harrigan's phone was released by itself like Elevation was and they charged $20 for that story, I would be more than happy with the money spent. So it's not always about the length of the story. It's about the content and if I don't feel like content is worth my time and my money, I'm going to say something. Sometimes that's the only time that's the only thing I have to say. But have you read Mr. Harrigan's phone? If you've read the rest of the stories, wait for those reviews please to comment and please no spoilers down there in the doodly-doo while you guys are telling me whether or not you liked this story. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U, this has been the Stephen King review. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye!