The Stand

Rating:
Summary: King's Best? I think Not!!!
Review: Okay, I'm a huge fan of Stephen King. But first of all I couldn't get into this book. But, after much coaxing to read it, I TRIED to get into it. I admit, the first five pages are good. And the theme is good. Not the good vs evil, but the ending when Frannie asks Stu if he thinks people will ever learn. But that's the only high pts. This long winded, boring novel was impossible. King creates plot lines which go NOWHERE. and he gives extensive background details on any chracter who says the word 'hi'. Randall Flagg was a horrible villian. One demensional, Stephen, what were u thinking????? Of course, captain tripps is cool...i have an obsession w/ viruses...but it doesn't have to be 1,100 pgs long to express that everyone is dead!!!!!! King's worse work, no contest. To prove how awesome King is, read "it" "the long walk" and "misery"

Rating:
Summary: The Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: My boyfriend bought me this book for Christmas, and I couldn't put it down. I thought it was excellent, certainly the best book I have ever read:)

Rating:
Summary: what a great book!
Review: This Stephen King at his best! This book is a definite for ANY King fa

Rating:
Summary: A very good book
Review: This book is good besides the fact of the size. It has an erie effect when you read it. While you are reading The Stand if someone beside you sneezes you jump at first then you remember it's just a book.

Rating:
Summary: Terrifying, Epic in every sense
Review: The Stand (uncut), in my opinion is the greatest novel of all time. It's epic in a way that no movie or any other medium has achived. The world is afflicted with a plauge that was accidently released the the government. It spreads like wildfire killing everyone it afflicts. Amidst all the dead a precious few are immune and survive in an almost empy world. Some good some evil....

Rating:
Summary: Superb bog - køb den!!
Review: Snyd ikke dig selv for denne geniale bog af mesteren selv...

Rating:
Summary: King's best "long" book.
Review: The Stand was without a doubt the best of King's 1000+ page books, even better than It. The characters were well fleshed out, the description of their dreams were incredible, and it had a frighfully insightful view into what evil is.

Rating:
Summary: Here's a better alternative
Review: Insert the wakizashi (Japanese short sword) into the lower left abdomen. Cut across the peritoneal cavity to the lower right abdomen before centering the blade. Now cut quickly upwards, clenching your teeth against the incredible pain, until you jar against the xiphoid process at the base of the sternum. Pitch headfirst into your own entrails. Congratulations, now you'll never have to read this absurd and ludicrous book again. Better yet, If Mr King would follow the above instructions, none of us would ever have to read a book this bad again.

Rating:
Summary: Listen up insomniacs out there...
Review: I'll admit that this book started out interesting, but then it quickly turned into one of the most effective methods for putting me to sleep. The book was WAY TOO LONG. The characters were utterly lame and stupid. The plot was profoundly unimaginative and uninspired. This 1100+ paged book was so shockingly lame that I fell 100 pages short of finishing it -I simply couldn't do it. If it weren't for The Dark Tower series, I would never have bought another Stephen King book.

Rating:
Summary: If there's a more boring book out there, I haven't found it
Review: First of all, let me clarify a couple of things. I LOVE reading fiction, especially sci fi and fantasy. Also, I am a fan of some of King's works -in my opinion, he wrote two of the most entertaining tales ever in The Talisman and The Dark Tower. But boy did he screw up on this one. I read more than half of his books, and never thought he would be capable of writing such an incredibly LONG AND BORING BOOK. Take my advice, it's not worth going through the whole thing. Read The Talisman or The Dark Tower books instead.