Gerald's Game

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Summary: exciting
Review: I never read Stephen King but when I read this book I wondered why I never have. Although I thought the setting could've been in more than palce, I couldn't forget the story. I believe that I will read more books by King in the future.

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Summary: This one scared the H**L out of me!
Review: This was an intense book if I ever read one. No more handcuffs for me, man.

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Summary: Usually, Stephen King Is Great...
Review: While the first 250 pages of this book were great, the ending was lame; making Space Cowboy a real character and not just a hallucination was a bad choice, for it seems desperately supernatural.

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Summary: A good story with a rather anti-clamactic ending...
Review: The book strated off strongly enough, using stunning imagery and detailing a person's descent into madness. He created one of his most chilling characters and I found myself racing through the book once I got to the final portion of it. When I finished reading I felt very let down. The story itself was a roller coaster and very exciting, but I the found the ending to be a big disappointment.

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Summary: I had to comment after seeing the rollercoaster of opinions!
Review: Yes, true; to some of you the book was trash and to others it was a work of art ... You're BOTH right! Well, sort of. You see, I read at least one comment where the reader just gave up after flipping ahead fifty pages at a time, but, as painful as it was to do, it's important to know the whole story before executing judgment! It was slow at first, incredibly boring and deceitful, playing with our Pavlovian instincts at Stephen King's name on the cover, fooling most of us into believing it was really about some thrilling "game", but honestly I wasn't disappointed at the end! I was pulled into the mind of someone who is desperate to the point of hallucination, and my heart ached with sympathy and (some) empathy for her plight, but I wanted to escape as much as she did, and THAT made the book, with it's little side-events and episodes, that much exciting. And the way she escapes STILL sends shivers down my spine! I was skeptically nervous during the first 150 pages or so, but I was not that disappointed after all was read and done! Thanks for reading!

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Summary: Unimpressive
Review: Once again, Stephen King takes an otherwise delicious plot idea and bores the hell out of his readers. He makes the same mistake as the creators of the movie _Falling_Down_, insisting that only insane people perform even slightly deviant acts. His continuing failure to understand WHEN to end a novel is quickly destroying the enthusiasm of at least one fan. Maybe he understood this when he started writing under a pen name. Maybe he's just realized that his loyal fans will buy whatever crap he puts out. Oh, and for all you rabid King fans who flamed me for my last review: Yes, I've actually read this one, too.

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Summary: A Terrifying, Wonderful, Psychological Thriller
Review: This is one of King's most amazing books. There is nothing "boring" or "drawn-out" about it! Just imagine yourself in such a situation, and that's what King does, he brings you into her world, her mind, as she struggles with herself (and past and present horrors) to keep sane while facing an imminent and agonizing death. I gave 4 instead of 5 stars because the ending seems a little exaggerated compared with the rest of the book. But it's really worth reading, I put it down only when the stress got to be too much!!!

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Summary: One long, boring book
Review: I never thought I'd be bored by Stephen King, but "Gerald's Game" almost put me to sleep every time I picked it up to read on. The book started OK, but King got stuck on Act 1, Scene 1. It was like listening to an old 45 with a scratch that keeps repeating the same part. After 130 pages of wading through the same Scene, I started flipping ahead 50 pages at a time and was shocked to find that the story was still in the same place, and stayed there until about the last 30 pages. I gave up. What a waste of time!

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Summary: NOT AS GOOD AS EXPECTED!
Review: I'm pretty much used to Stephen King's writing style, and really sometimes he gives too much information, but while Gerald's Game was suspenseful enough, I just wasn't able to get into the main character Jessie. For some reason I was better able to identify with the dog and to feel sorry for its demise at the end. I guess that's because all though the story itself was a good psychological thriller, Jessie was boring, boring, boring. As for that mysterious stranger in her bedroom, come on, that guy was a little too weird and surreal to be believed. I almost think he was added as an afterthought to try and bolster a flagging storyline. If you want great Stephen King try instead Rose Madder, Cujo, Pet Sematary, Christine, Insomnia and Langoliers from Four Past Midnight. I promise you will be deliciously terrified.

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Summary: ONE OF HIS BEST
Review: All right, it IS a bit too long. But it's far more interesting than many other novels by King, and surely less silly. It may seem boring at the beginning but if you get past the first chapters you won't be able to put it down 'til the end. Wonderfully written and very, very beautiful. Definitely one of his best.