Stephen King
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The last remaining post from my long-defunct “Stephen King in Order” project. Original review written March 7, 2015: This one is a re-read you guys. I read this book years ago and my memories consisted of “depressing”. After a reread I can safely say that “depressing” is right. What inspired this reread? Why my…
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Years ago, I attempted to read all of Stephen King’s books in order and blog about them. I eventually gave up because there are just too many. Below is one of the posts I wrote. Original Review from January 3, 2015: Rereading The Stand showed me just how faulty our memories can be. This is…
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Years ago, I attempted to read all of Stephen King’s books in order and blog about them. I eventually gave up because there are just too many. Below is one of the posts I wrote. Original Review written in 2014: Rage was technically written before Carrie and is King’s actual first novel, but was published…
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It’s been a while since I read a Stephen King book. Typically, I read a couple of his books a year, sometimes more. Lately, I’ve been so busy reading other work and writing my own that I’ve drifted from my Constant Reader status. I was starting to wonder if I were moving on in my…
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I wrote this review in 2016. I just want to add that I now drive a red car and have named it Christine. Sadly, it does not repair itself when broken. Review from 2016: “While I am grateful that my car is not possessed by an evil murderous army ghost, I wouldn’t mind if…
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Original Review from 2015: Instead of his usual aspiring writer struggling to be a good man through the weight of addiction and uncontrollable emotions, in The Dead Zone, King gives us John (No Middle Name) Smith, a man whose problems stem from external rather than internal factors. Johnny is crippled by a coma that robs…
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Note from 2021: I have no interest in “bashing” books. If I dislike a book, I typically don’t finish it or quietly give it a couple of stars and move on. I keep my reviews honest, but friendly. However, I really didn’t like this one and I feel like Stephen King can handle it. He’s…
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Original 2015 Review: I’m trying to think of another Stephen King book that doesn’t have a supernatural element to it and it’s hard – Delores Claiborne and Gerald’s Game I guess. I spent the majority of my time reading this one expecting an alternate dimension to appear or a crazy ghost, but nothing did. And…
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Review originally written in 2016. Twenty-five percent of the books I’ve read this year have been by Stephen King and the most recent one is End of Watch. I’ve been rereading/reliving all of his books and jumping from his early work to his most recent is jarring. I enjoyed End of Watch, but all I…