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Summary: Dreamcatcher
Review: Stephen did it again!! Another great book that I couldn't put down. I wondered if Stephen would come out of his accident funk and keep up the wonderful work. And, of course, he did. Thanks, Steve, I love ya.
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Summary: Does he always write drivel
Review: My mother was always a big fan, but I've never been intersted to read any of his books (esp after seeing his films). After hearing what this book was about I thought I would give it a go & was bitterly dissapointed. I found as I should have expected (just like his films) a subject with great potential just wasted. I can see this one being made into a film one day. Try Simon Ings - Headlong. Its not 100% either but it was definatley better than this, although it is not horror but sci-fi.
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Summary: AWSOME
Review: I HAVE ALWAYS DISLIKED STEPHEN KING'S MOVIES BECAUSE THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE JUST TOO GRUESOME. THIS IS THE FIRST NOVEL I HAVE LISTENED TO OR READ AND I AM SORRY I HAVEN'T DELVED INTO HIS WORKS BEFORE THIS. THE ACTOR READING THIS BOOK DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB AND CAN SLIP IN AND OUT OF THE BOSTON ACCENT WITHOUT A HITCH. EAT YOUR HEART OUT KEVIN COSTNER! I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK IN MY CAR TO FINISH LISTENING TO THIS BOOK. I SOMETIMES FIND MYSELF PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE CAR RUNNING JUST TO CONTINUE LISTENING TO THIS NOVEL. IT IS EVOKES SO MANY EMOTIONS AND SOME OF THE PARTS ARE SO FUNNY!!! I WOULD NEVER BELEIVE THAT STEPHEN KING HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR FROM HIS MOVIES. HOLLYWOOD MUST HAVE ELIMINATED MOST OF THE HUMOUR AND WENT STRATIGHT FOR THE MACABRE.
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Summary: fast moving and pleasant read, HOWEVER...
Review: I am only 1/4 done with this book right now and enjoying the ride. HOWEVER, I am getting tired of the same old plot tricks. How many times do we have to be relied upon to drop back and forth from childhood to adulthood, Mr. King? And also, Mr. King, you are getting sloppy with your story telling. One single point of contention: how can a bathroom door which two grown men "rushed forward together...,almost four hundred pounds behind two dropped shoulders. It gave way with absurd ease..." How can such a ruined door then be used to keep an enemy within? A man can hold a such a door shut by clutching the doorknob tightly? C'mon. Be real. Or be unreal. Just be constant.
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Summary: "The horror. The horror."
Review: Having been an on and off Stephen King fan for many years, I picked this book up pretty quick. I had heard both good and bad comments about this one, so I wasn't sure what I was in for. I was so amazed by the first hundred pages. The way in which we are introduced to our main characters is brilliant. The flashbacks to childhood days in Derry are well timed and never grow repetitive.What will stick with my are the suttle and not so suttle references to Conrad's Heart of Darkness, as well as Apocalypse Now. Imagine Conrad's amazement at the story of the Congo River becoming Vietnam, and now the Maine wilderness. If you haven't read this yet, as Duddits would say, "got some work to do now."
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Summary: drek!
Review: What a disappointment! The first section was true King, but later King's muse dies. I truly wish he could have maintained the momentum as I felt deflated when I realized this book was going nowhere interesting. Discovered I didn't care what happened to any of the characters, so sadly I closed the book about half-way through and returned it to the library for some other unsuspecting King fan.
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Summary: Running Dry
Review: I am a big Stephen King fan, and I have read most of his work, including non fiction. Unfortunately, I cannot shake the feeling that he seems to be running out of things to say. His latest fiction is simply no match for his previous work. I want the old SK back!
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Summary: Tommyknockers Part 2, with ZEST
Review: This books has some of the Maine elements but we are not all that wierd. There is darkness in rural Maine. But comapare these folks to Elise, the Maine heroine in Defenders of the Holy Grail. Elise surmounts her Maine situation, even her hunter husband. Well, King is a treasure, yes. This work is well done. King makes you afraid of the woods. To explore the other side of Maine, read Ken Agori's novel. Agori leaves you reflecting on the mysteries of the cross and true love. Both are excellent.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Not Mr. King's best work. The book appears to be written for the the mass market, maybe even with a TV movie or big-screen movie in mind. Compared to "The Green Mile," this novel might have been written by another author.
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Summary: Tommyknockers--Part II
Review: I don't know if you have noticed, but Stephen King's best works have been ones written outside of the horror arena. "The Body" and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" were not only his best writing, but they also translated into the best movies made from his work. "Misery" was also an excellent piece of writing, but the horror in it came from within "normal" human abnormalities. His best horror writing has involved, again, "normal" horror sources, such as vampires or haunted cars or teenagers with telekenetic powers. I have read all of his work except for the towers book, upon which I quickly bogged down. I read "Salem's Lot" while working graveyard in a convenience store and have two crosses scratched on the back of my St. Christopher medal as a consequence. The man has power. Unfortunately, none of this power shows up in "The Dream Catcher." No power, no imagination, no fresh material. Just a changing around of the plot elements in "The Tommyknockers," one of Mr. King's dreariest books. "Hearts in Atlanta" and "The Girls Who Loved..." were both entertaining and well written. This one was a waste of time, both for Mr. King and for the reader.
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