I Miss the Mist

It is over. It is done. It is... not actually done because I have to read one more book in one more day. All that drama that evolved in the first two sentences are fake. HA! You totally fell for it.

His wife died! Just like poor old innocent OJ

So in the last hundred or so pages of The Mist, we learn a little more about what caused everything. Apparently, the army was trying something called "Project Arrowhead", opening a gateway to another dimension where these monsters came from. Back in the Supermarket, characters begin to die left and right. Some are convinced it's the apocalypse, some want to kill themselves, and some just want to party harty, cause Fun is on their mind. Drayton makes friends with a young woman and an Old Man and they decide to drive out into the Mist to try and find out what's goin on (As it turns out, they are all listening to Prince Adam). Once safe inside the car, the four of them drive out into the distance, witnessing terrible creatures all around. They find out that Drayton's wife has died, and just as they are driving back, quite depressed, they see a massive five hundred foot tall alien. Having just read At the Mountains of Madness, I'm pretty accustomed this kind of "giant monster roaming around" trope. Luckily, it doesn't step on them, and they ride out into the distance once more, not knowing where they are going. One might say that they Don't know where they've come from, and they don't know where they've been (More music references! MUhahahahahaha).

The 500 foot monster was actually just Andre the Giant

So that's how it ended. They drove out into the distance and it ended. A lot less climactic than the movie. In that, Drayton shoots his companions so that they don't have to die in a worse way. Then, just to put the icing on the cake of sadness, the army shows up and clears away the mist in the area. Though depressing, this was a better ending. It was more bold and more worthy of the rest of the story. To be perfectly honest, I was a little disappointed in the ending we got. Then again, Lovin, is what I got (Music reference number... 4? 5?).

So, next up is... I have no idea. Something short. Something sweet. Something easy to read. Either way, you'll still have to hear me (or read me) for another day or two. Keep checking back. It's not over yet laddies!