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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: At my school we are required to read a book every 9 weeks. I picked the complete and uncut version of The Stand. I am 13 years old and many of my friends didn't think I could do it. I proved them wrong! It took me about 6-7 weeks of off-and-on reading to finish. I absolutly loved The Stand. I really admire King's style of writing, and would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read.
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Summary: My Favorite Book!
Review: I first read this book when I was a senior in high school and I have re-read it many more times since then. I keep a copy of it in my bag so if I am ever in a place where I need something to read, I always have it. Stephen King did an excellent job writing this book. He made the scariest situation happen. I have read a lot of horror books, but this is still the scariest one just because I can see this one happening-I can see the government cooking up some nasty germs and then accidently releasing them and then causing a global epidemic. I think Stephen King did a wonderful job of making the charecters come alive. It was like I was rooting for Frannie and Stu and the whole free-zone committee throughout the entire book. The book did get a bit long, but I liked the fact that the plague took place early on in the book so we could see how civilization would re-group and turn out. This is the best book in the whole world. Stephen King, if you read this, PLEASE write a sequel to The Stand!
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Summary: The best that King has done
Review: Reading through this book, it seems that king has really put his heart and soul into this work. The book is highly captivating and shows what is good and bad about people. This is the most captivating book I have ever read.
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Summary: Makes you think.
Review: This book, what can I say about it? It really makes you think about the "what ifs" in the world. Could the goverment actually be working on a "superflu"? It's great and I enjoyed it very much. Despite it being rather lengthy I could read it again and enjoy it as much as I did the first time. It's easily my favorite King novel.
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Summary: A comment about the "conflict"...
Review: I've actually written a review for this book before, but I felt compelled to get something else off my chest. After reading some other reviews I noticed some were talking about the conflict that never really came. The back of the book describes the coming battle as "The last titanic struggle between good and evil for the mastery of the world." Well, maybe there is a point there. I've lent the book to a couple of other people and they both thought it ended too abuptly. There is a huge buildup to...something. I have to admit, the outcome was different to the titanic struggle I was expecting. I think the book might have been better if events had turned out the way Trashcan Man dreamed they would when he was travelling West: a dark army on its way to Boulder, killing, enslaving and burning, before seizing the rest of the world. Now THAT sounds like the conflict. But then, the book would have been twice as long. If King really wanted to indulge, he could have made this book into a series that went for years. Remember, the above-mentioned conflict was Trashcan's dream. You may also remember Harold Lauder had a prophetic dream about his own fate. A dream about a ravine(p708). Did King make the wrong dream come true? It's all academic anyway. "The Stand" is still my favourite Stephen King novel.
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Summary: A masterpiece.
Review: This was one of the first Stephen King books I read. I remember looking at the thick book and thinking, "I'll never get through this". As it turned out, I read it in two days. The story was spellbinding and extremely entertaining. I've read it 3 times now and each time, I see something I missed the first time around. I fully recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: a little long
Review: could have better if it just wouldn't have drug on and on, but in all a pretty good book
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Summary: The Cut Version Was Better
Review: I'd give the original (judiciously edited) version 5 stars, this one four. The uncut version drags -- a few times I found myself wanting to give up on the rest of the book. I don't remember feeling that way at all when I read the edited version, about 15 years ago. King spends way too much, for instance, on Franny's inner thoughts and on the old Granny's character development. It's not thoughtful writing, either -- you feel like King's just on autopilot in these parts.
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Summary: My Favorite King Tale!
Review: What can we say about Stephen King... He is out there, and so am I, because I just love him. This book takes a very possible situation, "biological warfare", and weaves a nerve wracking tale. It's a great book. (The TV adaptation was pretty good too.)
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Summary: My all time favorite book
Review: Don't let the length of this book stop you from reading it. This book is amazing. The stand is a novel about a plague that wipes out over 99 % of the worldd population. The survivors then regroup and then fight an ultimate battle between good and evil. In the stand, Stephen King shows how he can create characters that seem real. It may take you a while, but read this book. You will be glad that you did!
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