The Stand

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Summary: VERY EMOTIONAL CHARACTERS
Review: Some people say this book is boring with a lame ending.Well, you either love it or you hate it. The book deals so much with the characters, and causes you to cry when one dies, and feel relived when one survives.Tom Cullen touches your heart with his kindness. This book isn't overly exicting physically, but is excitng mentally and in your heart. A must read book!

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Summary: King's Masterpiece
Review: The restored and uncut version is FANTASTIC. I totally disagree with the reviewer who said it takes too long to get into this book. Are you kidding! King's work does not transfer to the screen well; save your $7.50 theater admission and buy the book . . . you can go back to page 1 after you've read it through to page 1141.

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Summary: "M-O-O-N": That Spells: a GREAT BOOK by the master!
Review: "Can you believe this happy crappy?" Although I must say that my favorite book by the master is "IT", I guess this one must come in second, or near it, anyhow. The developing of the characters is wonderful, not to mention the plot. Pennywise the Dancing Clown gave me the creeps, but Captain Tripps gave me nightmares of people all around me dropping dead like flies! I must say that I disliked one of the characters, that of Frannie Goldsmith. I guess she's the type of person I don't like in real life, being a member of the Comittee, and objecting to Stuart Redman's being the marshal, or being sent to Las Vegas: that is, being a so-called leader of the people, but trying to put her selfish interests before that! I guess you'd say that she acted like that because of her pregnancy, but still, I despised her. But that just goes to show how good these characters really are. Do not be intimidated by the 1140 pages length of this baby, it's worth reading every page. King added parts like that of THE KID, which I think add life to the story (do you believe that happy crappy?) Yes indeed, long live Tom Cullen, Nick Andros, Stu Redman, Larry "baby can you dig your man?" Underwood and Co. This book's a winner.

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Summary: The ending was terrible!
Review: The beginning was good. But it led into a religious heaven and hell war. At the beginning I thought it had potential to make people think about the diseases and chemicals we contain on earth and how dangerous they are. But in the end all it amounts to is divinding the world into worshipers of God and Satan. The outcome of this story could have come about with out there ever being a disease. It sounds like King got a little bored with the story and made a bad end cause he didn't want to write any longer.

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Summary: Not the great man's best
Review: My favourite King book of all time has to be Misery which is such a classic page-turner it kept me up till well into the morning. This book however took me two months to read, with a three week break included. It struggles to get going, struggles to maintain any narrative pace and finally struggles to a "so what?" ending. Astoundingly it is not as bad as Salem's Lot which I refuse to ever read again. Maybe I'll try this one again but not until I've got a good month to kill, or if I'm stranded on a desert island with nothing else. Just out of curiosity I did manage 15 yards in my rear garden with it.

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Summary: One of SK finest works, a must to read.
Review: As a SK fan, to me, the Stand is considered to be one of his finest books ever written. Although in fiction form this book gives the reader a bleak look into what can happen when the goverment keeps playing around with chemicals (People in the government should read this one) Truly a page turner, this book is a must, it will grab you from the beginning to the end.

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Summary: The best he ever did, but hopefully not the last
Review: I've loved this book since its first printing in 1978, and it's surely destined to become one of the literary classics of the 20th century. If Mr. King ever reads this, I have to ask him what has happened recently to his writing? It's too much to ask of him (or anyone, for that matter) to follow up such stupendous works of literary art as "The Stand", "The Shining", "Christine", and "It" with a consistent output of masterpieces, one every six months...I presume, sir, to speak for all your fans and ask you to not to sacrifice quality for quantity, verbosity for texture and plot any longer. We can wait; I would happily wait twenty years for one more novel as great as "The Shining" and never begrudge you a second. The book was that good, and I'd love to see you top it that bad!

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Summary: too long, too perverted, bad ending
Review: I did't dislike all of this book. The first, oh, 400 pages in which King describes Captain Trips, the virus that wipes out the human race, was very entertaining. From then on a long, drawn out saga in which every possible phallic event or symbol has to be brought to the reader's attention ensues. I found I cared nothing for the characterss, i found the story ridiculously unbelievable and I thought the ending was a rip-off due to a lack of creativity from King. I like King's work, most notably "apt pupil" and "it", but this one's a loser.

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Summary: Philosphical masterpiece and mind bending story
Review: This has to be the most, no, wrong words, this IS the best book i have read, hands down. The characters were memorable, even some of the characters that were only in for a short while, (Rita and Harold) and characters that had entire chapters devoted to them (Trashcan man and Tom cullen.) The story makes you think about religion(which i usually never do), and about your life when you finish it, i'll just say it simpely. THIS BOOK IS A MASTERPEICE!!!

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Summary: Overall a good book, to too long
Review: Well, I am an avid Stephen King fan but this book just takes too long to get you interested. It drags on and on and on. My advice: watch the damn movie and skip the book.