The Little Sisters of Eluria is a novella by Stephen King written as a sort of prequel to the Dark Tower series. The events take place between the early flashbacks in Wizard and Glass (Book 4) and the events in The Gunslinger (Book 1). Here are my favourite metaphors, similes, and descriptions from The Little Sisters Eluria by Stephen King:
Metaphors & Similes
Roland fired. Mr Toad’s chest caved in like a bad piece of roofing.
Descriptions
One of the batwing doors had been yanked off and stood propped against the side of the building; the other hung ajar, its faded green slats spattered with maroon stuff that might have been paint but probably wasn’t.
He went out into the heat and the lacy sound of bells.
The dust had muffled their steps like carpet [also a simile!]. With the dog banished, they might well have gotten within attacking distance if Topsy hadn’t done Roland the favour of dying at such an opportune moment.
Before he could finish, one of them—a thick-chested troll with a pouty toad’s mouth and what looked like gills on the sides of his wattled neck—lunged forward, gibbering in a high-pitched and peculiarly flabby voice. It might have been a species of laughter.
She laughed again. Her face shimmered; her firm mouth turned into something that looked like a dying jellyfish.
Which is your favourite?
I know this post is a bit brief, but it’s a short novel (only about 54 pages) in comparison to The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (my previous metaphors & similes post), which was closer to 600 pages.
I’m also still trying to decide whether I want to keep metaphors and similes as separate headings (like I did in the Wind-Up Bird post) and whether I should do a separate post for descriptions that are neither metaphors nor similes. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to split them up for a post this short in any case. Let me know what you think!
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