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Summary: My favorite book and favorite movie in two words: The Stand
Review: My favorite book and favorite movie in two words: The Stand. Romance, Action, Prophecy, Horror, Suspense. There was nothing this book didn't have. I loved how it showed the reality of how Americans would react to an epidemic. I auplaude Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Ruby Dee and Bill Faggerbakke for their best pieces of work. The book had over 1000 pages, fitting the movie's 6 hours. The book, was of course better and it IS King's best work.
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Summary: the best book in the world
Review: This book is by far the best i have ever read. Mr. King makes the characters seem so real in this his grandest vision the final apocolyptic battle between good and evil. The best part is satan in defeted not by perfect people, but ordinary ones who give the book a wonderfully real flavor. Read this book i beg you, you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Not King's best, but gosh it's good!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. The characters were very well developed with tons of multiple plots that eventually wind together at some point in the book. The beginning pages were frightening because the plague could actually happen. The rest bepends on your religion. It is definately worth the 1000+ pages of reading, though it did get a little slow about page 500, but it picks up once again at page 800. If I were King, though, I would not have included the last three pages because it seems to let you down once you finished. For those of you who haven't read it, DON'T READ the last two or three pages. That was my only big problem with the story.
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Summary: If you read the first version, save your money
Review: I'm a King fan, and despite the fact that I'd read "The Stand" (multiple times, actually) I ran right out to get this book. In the introduction, King makes a statement that "some will view this as an act of vanity by an author who can do whatever he wishes." After reading both versions, I can honestly say this is a true statement. His editors did him a favor the first time around and this is not an improvement over the first version. If you've read the first "Stand" save your money.
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Summary: A fabulous, detailed, horrifying trip!
Review: I don't even like Stephen King, but this is one of my most favorite books. The first half of the book, when he's describing the spread of the plague and the death and chaos is so incredible and terrifying! I read the whole thing in one day and keep re-reading it. It gives me goosebumps every single time!
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Summary: Best Stephen King Book Ever
Review: This is by far King's best book ever. His words frightened me beyond belief, made me cry and laugh. But best of all, it's complete discription of all characters and surroundings, made a motion picture in my head from beginning to end. I think about this book everytime I go through an underwater tunnel! Don't let the number of pages frighten you away from this incredible epic of good vs. evil. I've read it three times! And with the uncertainty of the Middle East and biological weapons becoming a reality - this book will scare the bejesus out of you!
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Summary: An Insomniacs Paradise!
Review: I am an avid reader, enjoying books from the Star Trek series to 1984 by George Orwell and this is my all time favorite book. It gripped me from the first page, pulling me in and not letting me go until I had finished it. It got so bad I couldn't wait to get home from work to open it back up and I wouldn't put it down until early morning. I averaged about 3 hours of sleep several nights in a row until I had finished it. King did a great job of skipping scenes and leaving characters in situations where you wanted to skip to where they showed up later in the book. I found myself not only enjoying the action, but also wondering what I would do in that situation, especially where Harold Lauder was concerned. The only thing that disappointed me was when they came out with the lengthend version I don't think it helped the story at all. That aside, though, anyone who hasn't read this book is missing out.
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ!
Review: When I first read this book (over 15 years ago), I couldn't put it down. I would start reading it at about 9 PM, and I would read until the sun came up and the birds started to sing -- really! I couldn't put it down!Never before or since THE STAND have I "met" such multi-dimensional characters. I really wanted to find out what happened to each and every one of them; they seemed so real to me. It is the ultimate story of Good vs. Evil, told as only Stephen King could tell it!
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Summary: Definatly a King Classic! 5*'s+
Review: Years from now our kids will probably read Stephen King stories in their English classes...and it just might be this book. King is definatly one of our great modern day writers and this book proves it. This is my favorite King book of all time and tops my modern day fiction list too. There's so many reasons I like this book. The characters act like real people. King highly developes their motives, personalites, and thoughts. We as the readers can believe these could be real people since we can see the same personality traits and motives in real people in our lives. The apocalyptic setting not only makes for an exciting backdrop for the whole story, but also brings out the best and worst in the characters in this book. King is masterful in developing a complex philosophical debate about the influence that fate, god, evil, and our personal life experiences have on the decesions we choose to make in our lives. This is all told through King's superb command of the English language and in a wonderful and exciting gripping tale of suspense. Finally, I love this book because it sets the stage for the "King Universe." This book was written in 1978 and is referenced numerous times in later King novels. It is strongly referenced in "Eyes of the Dragon," and the Dark Tower books. For the record, I loved "Swan Song," a similar type book by Robert McCammeron. It's like my 2nd all time fave, its epic and is more fast paced than this book, but I still like "The Stand" just a tiny, tiny bit more because of the in-depth coverage of philosophical themes and characters. The Stand is a little more complex and unlike Swan Song, is central to the writer's universe and referenced in later works.
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Summary: Best book ever!!
Review: This book has got to be the best book ever written, by far. It is not possible at all to put it down until you're done and you've read it again. When I was done with it, I wished it was longer. I've stayed up late many nights reading it when I knew I should have been sleeping. People who think Stephen King is strictly a horror writer should read this to disprove their theories about him. I would be happy if it never ended. Definitely the best book ever.
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