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Summary: Catch all your dreams in Dreamcatcher
Review: Dreamcatcher is a classic King novel. It's "The Stand" meets "It" meets "Tommyknockers". Its about four buddies, and how they grew up, about how they saved Duddits and thus defined who they are and its about their last trip camping. The book, like a lot of Stephen King novels, moves effortless back and forth between the present and the past, and one character to another. The five main characters (ok theres more), Peter, Beav, Henry, Jonesy and Duddits are all easily identifiable. We all have a part of each one, or know someone who is like them. You find yourself reading "just one more page" again and again, as you race to piece the puzzle together. Its classic King done to the backdrop of the 90s X-Files, Independence Day, Armageddon etc movies. As with all Kings novels, a lot is about him. In this book, obviously he went through a lot of pain and anger, and a lot is directed to the driver who hits Jonesy (any similarities to Kings accident hmmm?). The books pulsates with energy from a cold snowy environment. It moves from deciphering who all the characters are to a classic chase scene. The book has many characters besides the five main "boys" and they key again relates back to "The X-Files" - TRUST NO ONE
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Summary: Classic King!
Review: First let me say that I haven't finished this book yet, but I am more than 1/2 and I love it. The first full length novel King has produced since his horrific 1999 accident, it is reminscent of King novels written long ago. We first meet four men, who all grew up together in the town of Derry. These men did a brave thing when they were children and saved a mentally challenged boy from the older kids. They become fast friends with Duddits (Douglas) and include him into their circle. Flash forward to the present where the men are getting ready to go on their annual hunting trip. It is in the woods that things go dicey, starting with an unexpected guest to an all out military quarentine. I am pacing myself with this one trying to make it last. I feel it is worth it :) King truly can take simple things and make them the most terrifying. I know I will not be disappointed with the ending as I struggle to find out where these lifeforms came from and how Duddits is involved with them. Thanks for reading! **Pandora
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Summary: THE MOVIE ALIENS...just without Sigorney Weaver
Review: I don't know about you, but the review ahead of me sounded like a pretty stale version of what ever is in the book. Anyway, got an advanced copy of this sucker and just finished it, and it KICKS A**. After page 70 this book turns into the movie Aliens(I use this lightly), it's a great read, I mean you got aliens, the military, parasites that grow in the body, action and lots and lots of snow. I'll spare you the details of the story, but I will tell you that the book-flap tells you jack about the book. Check this out and let me know what you think -- i grade S.K. on a curve because I love the guy so much and he has influenced me big time, so I give it for stars (which I am comparing to the Stand a 5 star book---Kings best single book if you get rid of the Gunslinger series, which also rocks.) Also my only quipps with the book was the flashbacks (don't know why, guess I got addicted to the action) and well...well the Flashbacks, guess thats all. But seriously check this sucker out, can't afford it? GO TO THE LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: vintage king
Review: after recent books mainly dealing with themes such as the human spirit and overcoming traumas from the past, king has returned to his horror roots with Dreamcatcher. king skillfully spins the tale of four childhood friends who are on their yearly hunting trip in a remote section of maine. an alien craft has crashed in the area bringing with it a deadly virus that the U.S. military frantically tries to destroy. trapped in the forest the four friends are subject to dangers that the aliens as well as the military pose. at times gruesome, funny, touching, and intelligent, Dreamcatcher is vintage king.
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Summary: Middling King
Review: Comparing this book solely with King's own works, I'd say this one rates about a C+. Not even close to the sweeping intensity of his most powerful books like "The Stand" or the heart-wrenching emotionality of "Bag of Bones," "Dreamcatcher" is still a worthy read. While disjointed and unfocused at times, it is still stunningly paced as only King's works can be. Yes, it feels hurried and a bit self-indulgent, but even at his laziest Stephen King's raw talent gives this book enough to sustain it and make it better than 99.99% of what passes for horror or dark fantasy on the literary market.
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Summary: Heeere's Stevie!...
Review: Yeah, baby, the master is back in top, scary, breathtaking form. Derry, a town I'm glad I don't live in, is also back as the site where all these strange and terrible things occur. Four men who are telepathically linked take part in strange and horrifying doings. Suffice it to say that there are zombies, body snatchers and space aliens and that as crazy as that sounds it all makes sense. The horror meister never lets up for a moment. My pillow was damp with the sweat that can only come from a good Stephen King novel. I loved it!
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Summary: As good as any book he has ever written
Review: Though at times the world seems more like a place filled with terrible marmalade, unselfish acts occur to remind everyone that good exists. Take the town of Derry where high school bullies regularly pick on Duddits, humiliating him in nasty ways like stripping him of his clothes and making him sit on or eat dog excrement. Four younger lads (Harry, Beaver, Jonesy, and Pete) rescue the Downs Syndrome boy from his tormentors and realize they like Duddits. For years afterward, the quintet formed a tight knight group to protect Duddits, who can telepathically communicate with them. When the awesome foursome grow up, they leave town and Duddits behind, but get together every year for hunting (minus Duddits). However, this time their get together is filled with danger as a spaceship containing unfriendly and dangerous passengers has landed. The government quarantines the area, planning to kill any living creature isolated in the infected zone. However one alien has snatched the body of Henry with plans to spread his fungi race around the globe. Stephen King provides his zillion fans with another exciting tale centering on hostile aliens threatening to take over the planet. DREAMCATCHER stars heroic people especially Duddits, who is willing to die to stop the destruction of humanity so that his friends can live. Mr. King has written an entertaining suspense thriller that shows he remains a force in fiction. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: First experience may be last
Review: Since I'd never read a Stephen King book before, and motivated by how much I liked the movie, "Misery," I bought Dreamcatcher. I was really captivated by the interplay of the friends, including Duddits. The characters rang true, and the concept of "seeing the line" is eerily familiar to me. As the story moved on, into murkier waters (or snows?) of terror and suffering, I hung in there. When the plot reached the point of the grand conspiracy, everything began to sound like the people who call up Art Bell's late-night radio program. I had gotten halfway through the book when I was interrupted by business matters, and when I picked it up again, I suddenly realized that I didn't care anymore. I didn't care to know who was inside whose brain, I didn't want to see another innocent person's blood turning to ice on a winter field, and the whole complicated plot had spun way higher off the ground of reality than I wanted to fly. I have great admiration for Mr. King's imagination and writing ability, and certainly a piece this long and complex should fairly be called a masterpiece. I think. I never finished it. I'm not sure I will try him again.
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Summary: Sweet Dreams cause this one will put you to sleep
Review: Mr. King's "Dreamcatcher" starts off in dank, dark bar in New England whare Beaver is going throu a mid-life crisis. He goes on hunting trip with his buds Peat, Henry, and car acident vitim (art imitating life for mr. King) Jonesy. They find a man with an alien inside of him. (or s*** weasel as they are called in the book) Before long (achully is it preety long this book drags on like you would not believe) they are in a stuggle to save the planent from aliens that occupy one's body. This plot has never been used before has it? Don't get me wrong King is a great writer. His use of lanuge is only thing that made me continue to read this book. His charecters are very well-drawn aswell. You really get inside thier lives. There is some mysisism in here dealing with a down syndrome kid "seeing the line" and being able to see things others can't. His powers rub off on his friends. Peat has a great sense of direction, Henry can really real with his phsco patants. This book drags on and cantains alot of things and we don't need. What's up with the Rolling Stones song bit. The thing I really did not like about this peice of literature was that it skiped around. It was hard to follow. Not one of King's best. I have no desire to see the movie.
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Summary: Best of Steven King
Review: Dreamcatcher was another one of the great works of the lengendary horror story writer Steven King. In this book we are introduced to many interesting characters named Pete, Douglas a.k.a "Duddits", Beaver, and Jonesy. Who have been best friends since childhood. These characters also share a special telepathic ability that enables them all to see into the future.
The story begins when two friends decide to take a weekend vacation in the alaksan wilderness and stay in a large wooden cabin. Little did they know this wooden vastness is a quarantined spot for a mysterious disease that has taken a large toll on the population of humans and animals alike. Little do they know, that this disease is caused by mimicking aliens that attempt to take over/destroy earth.
The main character Pete, changes to Duddits(a mentally challenged adult) by the end of the story. Another character is a head strong military Colonel Abraham Curtis that believes anyone and everyone that shows the slightest symtoms of anyone in a 15 mile radius of the quarantined area deserved to be killed and not even considered for treatment for medical professionals. Also, these unfortunate people could make contact with family members even by phone conservations. Instead they were trapped like pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
I would say the theme of the book is to...'keep your friends but your enemies closer'. I would reccommend this book to be read by mature audiences.(12+)And also for people who love exciting,horror novels.
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