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Summary: Stephen King's therapeutic alien invasion story
Review: Because "Dreamcatcher" is the novel Stephen King wrote (in longhand) while recuperating from his near-fatal accident, it easily lends itself to all sorts of psychological interpretations. After all, one of the characters is hit by a car and breaks a hip. To me, the first part of the book comes across as a melting pot of familiar elements from King books: once upon a time there was a group of four boys who were best friends ("The Body"), who become involved in stopping a great evil as adults ("It"), because of a spaceship that has landed in the woods ("The Tommyknockers") and a horrible infection is spreading around ("The Stand"). Fortunately they have some psychic ability ("The Dead Zone") that will help them not only with the aliens but also with the psycho running the government operation ("Firestarter"). For good measure, throw in literary homages to the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Alien" with a generous twist of "The X-Files," while keeping in mind that not everybody gets out alive in a Stephen King novel, and you have the general picture of what "Dreamcatcher" is about.The four friends--Joe "Beaver" Clarendon, Pete Moore, Henry Devlin and Gary Jones--are bound together in a way that they do not even suspect. Beaver is an inventive curser who owns a cabin in the Maine woods where the group gathers for the last time, Pete can find lost car keys or anything else when he puts his mind to it, Henry is a suicidal shrink who has a tendency to lash out at patients from time to time, and Jonsey is a college professor who just "knows" when students cheat on exams. The common link in their lives is Duddits (but I am not letting that particular cat out of the bag--read the book). When Richard McCarthy stumbles out of the woods, dazed and confused, not to mention the worst case of flatulence in the history of civilization, the group has no idea that they are on the edge of the end of the world as we know it. "Dreamcatcher" is not a great Stephen King book and even while it rehashes some familiar elements once all the pieces are in place the guy knows how to tell a story. The idea that the right people are in the right place at the right time can come across as either heavy-handed coincidence or another instantiation of King's faith in the hand of the divine. Certainly, it does not work as seamlessly as it does in "The Stand." Be warned: this book contains some of the grossest scenes King has ever created (i.e., do not read parts of this book while eating). This is not a book for King neophytes, but for his fans. In the final analysis, the important thing is the man is up and writing again.
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Summary: Best of Steven King
Review: Dreamcatcher was another one of the great works of the lengendary horror story writer Steven King. In this book we are introduced to many interesting characters named Pete, Douglas a.k.a "Duddits", Beaver, and Jonesy. Who have been best friends since childhood. These characters also share a special telepathic ability that enables them all to see into the future.
The story begins when two friends decide to take a weekend vacation in the alaksan wilderness and stay in a large wooden cabin. Little did they know this wooden vastness is a quarantined spot for a mysterious disease that has taken a large toll on the population of humans and animals alike. Little do they know, that this disease is caused by mimicking aliens that attempt to take over/destroy earth.
The main character Pete, changes to Duddits(a mentally challenged adult) by the end of the story. Another character is a head strong military Colonel Abraham Curtis that believes anyone and everyone that shows the slightest symtoms of anyone in a 15 mile radius of the quarantined area deserved to be killed and not even considered for treatment for medical professionals. Also, these unfortunate people could make contact with family members even by phone conservations. Instead they were trapped like pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
I would say the theme of the book is to...'keep your friends but your enemies closer'. I would reccommend this book to be read by mature audiences.(12+)And also for people who love exciting,horror novels.
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Summary: great book
Review: What I liked most about this suspense thriller was the plot line and how the story unfolds as Stephen King dramatizes the twists of the movie. I love the character duddits in the book with his unknown backround that all makes sence at the end of the book. I would definitly recommend this book to anyone who loves outerworld happenings. The way the plot unfolds with the group of characters going out on a camping trip and suddenly the forest lifes starts trailing away from something that takes over thier friends body. Throughout the book Stephen King keeps with his writing style of present day to what happened to get to this point of the book. Its a great read, but very very long. The book does have elevated diction so I would challenge many to read it. Again great book.
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Summary: what was he thinking?
Review: This book had the ability to be something truely amazing. With well rounded charactors and an enticing plot...and S**t weasels?!?! The story took a huge dive and pluged in to the territory of a horrid B-movie plot line. It had the feel of a split personality one side the chance to be a intelegent classic... and the other a freakish dead weight draging the story down in to the neither world of a bad read. I wish I had stopped reading before the downward plunge of plot so that i could still appricate the charators with out shuddering.
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Summary: Great Book - Gripping
Review: I loved this book. The characters are awesome - ranging from good to nuetral to bad to evil to very evil. King drew some very vivid imagry. Not the SSDD (gotta read the book).
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Summary: Dreamcatcher review
Review: I like this novel,the way Stephen King decries the setting and the character. Everything about this novel is good but the alien was joke. Only the alien that all that why i give 4 star out of five.
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Summary: Dreamcatcher
Review: The story of four men on a traditional hunting trip, deep in the woods of main, when it takes a horrifying turn. Little do the four men know this could be the last time they would all be together and just how strong their relationship between each other and their life long friend Duddits actually is.
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Summary: the dreamcatcher
Review: i didn't like the story at all iam not a big fan of scary movies
i felt that the book was very confusing it had you going back and forth from the past to present then back to the past again. i give the book one thumb down.
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Summary: dreamcatcher
Review: This book is about four boys that have been friends since their childhood days. They acquired some special powers from a reterded boy called Duddits. Duddits is really an alien and he knew that an alien invasion was coming which is why he was preapring the boys for it.Twenty-five years later it becomes a battle to save the world. Fans of horror will not be disappointed.
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Summary: One of the best work
Review: Is book is one of the best work by Stephen king. He has you thinking thought the hole book about what is going to happen next. The alien comeing out of a person has to be one of the best part about is book.I have a good time reading it.
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