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Summary: The Odyessy? The Illiad? No, The Stand! Classic fantasy!
Review: When the pages of my paperback are so worn, and the title practically unreadable due to being handled so many times by so many people, I know the book is a major hit! My family and friends have all read "my copy" of "The Stand" and have returned it to me promptly after reading because they know I could never part with this book! It's frayed; it's yellow and it's mine! I want, no, I need, Mr. King to sign this book!
I have never read a book prior to "The Stand" or since, that has kept me so involved with the the characters, the plot and the outcome. I've read it only five times now and I'm about to start again. Can't wait!
I hope this book will be placed on the "required reading" list in schools throughout the US. It's as much a classic as the Odyessy and the Illiad!
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Summary: Have a cold? -- Put it down, if you can....
Review: If you are not a Stephen King fan, you will be after you finish this one! I have been a fan for years, starting with Carrrie, and did not think that The Shinning, or Salem's Lot would ever be topped, but I was so involved in the story line of The Stand, that when I took a break to check on my baby, I was almost panicked when I could hear no sounds from outside the house. We lived in the country but there were no lawnmowers, tractors or even cars sounding outside, and to make matters worse, I had a cold. Was I living a nightmare? Had Captain Tripps really made his way across the world? I have read both versions of The Stand and though I have never again felt that same sense of living what I just read, I have enjoyed the caracters and still can't accept the death of some of them. The sleeping baby that I went to check on is now 19 years old, but I can still remember my relief that he still had a world to grow up in, and I wonder what kind of world was there for babies of the survivors in The Stand
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Summary: Captivating...spellbinder.....couldn't put it down!!!
Review: As usual Stephen King finds a way to keep me glued to the pages. His use of good vs evil, while not a new topic, is masterfully twisted and one can't help but be pulled along with the characters on their journey. I just wonder where Flagg will next appear! ;-
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Summary: TRUE HORROR
Review: The Stand took me months to read, but I loved every minute. Stephen King provides such detail that I knew all the main characters and can remember much about each of them. This book is so wonderfully scary, because of its possibility to come true. This could happen. We (humans) are so curious about finding ways to kill others. I could see this happening, who knows if it is happening right now. The ending was frustrating but could be the opening to a wonderful sequel
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Summary: HIS BEST BOOK!!!!!!!!
Review: KING'S BEST OFFERING IN HIS WHOLE WRITITNG CAREER!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: A book to rival the heavyweights of the world's fiction!
Review: The Stand. A place to make your intentions known and to take full responsibility for them.
Our government, through science and technology, manages to wipe out 90% of the human population. Good and Evil manifest themselves in two of the most unlikely characters: one a drifter with a more than an unusual past; the other a hundred and eight year old black woman.
Building to one of the greatest climaxes in fiction history, King reveals the flaws and impurities of evil right beside the glory and overwhelming justice of good. Beautifully told and written! This book magnifies the King writing style to it's fullest degree
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Summary: Knocked me on my butt!!!
Review: This book is possibly the best book I have ever read and probably ever will read. It takes you on a journey through the heart and soul of america, yourself, and the people you will come to encounter in this awesome book, it explores all your deepest fears and forbidden dreams. It will have illiterate people turning pages faster than you can say "hooked on phonics". It will also have you in it's death grip until the climactic and heart wrenching end! When ........
well you will just have to read it for yourself and find out, and unless you are blind it is on sale right above this review at an astonishingly low price might I add. So please by all means read enjoy and be terrified
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Summary: epic story of disease of the human mind
Review: While projecting his magnum opus ten years in advance, and even referring to it as his "own Vietnam" in terms of his struggle to finish this, The Stand, even though it technically has already occured, is a masterful blend of terror, intrigue, mystery, and redemption that seems as timeless as it's pitting of good versus evil. Many words could be used to describe this, but I think the one that best describes this book is spirit. The way the story unfolds is a bit daunting to understand at times (as pointed out by Douglas Winter, he often leaves tantalizing strings of narrative and then forgets about them for many pages, suddenly finding them again). This can be frustrating, but I think the scope of this exceptional novel more than makes up for any problems presented by the plot. Excellent; a must read for any King fans
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Summary: tremendous
Review: It's been years since I read this book, but it still is one of the best I've ever read. King transcends his typical 'let's create monsters' formula to pen an epic story of human nature. Is there anyone who hasn't considered what would happen to society after such an appocolyptic event? The character of Nick was beautifully drawn. I still feel the pain over what happens to that character. Read this book. It's not quite like anything else I've read
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Summary: King's best. Dramatic expose of Good and Evil. 6 Stars!
Review: Story of good and evil. For King fans and others it is definately a must read again and again. Characters are brought to life. More than comparablre to "Lord of the Flies.
5***** reading
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