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Summary: The Stand - Stephens best work EVER - Read on:
Review: As a philosopher, theologan and lifetime student, I read Mr. King to escape reality. This book I did not read - I LIVED it. I have read everything Stephen King has ever written. The Stand is his masterpiece, combining the natural world and the spiritual world in twists and knots that make the biblical book of Revelation come alive! This is the most chilling of all his books due to it's firm ground in reality and the exposure of every human weakness and character flaw in his memorable character development. Hidden strengths are exposed as well - and the characters COME TO LIFE as you LIVE this brilliantly written story.
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Summary: This is the book that made me a Stephen King fan
Review: I read this book a long time ago and I remember loving it. After reading it I couldn't get enough Stephen King books. For years I read everything he wrote that I could get my hands on. Since I was from Maine too he was a bit of local celebrity where I lived as well which didn't hurt. This is a great book, Stephen King can write an entertaining tale and this is one of his best. I saw the movie a few years ago, didn't think it was bad, but didn't think it was good either. Some of his stories haven't been transferred to movies well. I think I will have to pick up a copy of this again and see if it is as good as I remember.
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Summary: Thriller Masterpiece
Review: Even though this book is reaaaaaaaaally long, I'm glad it was. It built up incredible drama and conflict that made me cheer for the good guy and hope for the worst for the bad guy. It's nothing less than a triumph...it's like I knew all of the characters as I know my friends. It's an epic saga that spans every human emotion, which made it interesting.
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Summary: Spider Robinson vs Stephen King ... Hmmm, This Is Tough...
Review: I have been an avid fan of Stephen King's for some time now andI have only one regret: that I hadn't read this book until justrecently. It has been lying in my bookcase for three years now in the Stephen King "section", doing nothing more than gathering dust. Little did I know that this tome of a novel would turn out to be one of the best books I have ever read, both of Stephen King's and of any other author. King's tale of a government-produced superflu gradually "cleansing" the world of 99.4% of it's population and then leaving the few survivors to combat an even greater evil and take a last stand in their lives was both chilling and fantastic at the same time. His truest talent is his command of his characters. I raced my way through this 1141 page story in less than two weeks, (something that should be considered nothing short of a miracle for me,) and it got to the point that I was so into the story where I would actually root for some characters and cry when others perished. King's knack for giving heavy background behind his characters and making them so as the reader can identify with them and truly believe they are, in fact, not characters at all but real people, is great and never better in any of his other stories, (with the exception of "It", still my personal favorite.) The story and the way it is told is superb, (even at page 1141 I didn't want the story to end.) The characters are ones you'll remember long after you finish the story, and the case King is trying to make about humanity, and it's savage tendency to separate into good and evil, is thought-provoking. Yes, the world still goes on and changes, but do human beings ever learn anything from these changes? I don't know...and I don't think I want to know. Stephen King is a treasure of the literary world and, in my opinion, often overlooked and scoffed at because of the nature of his writing at times and the genre of which he writes...
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Summary: This is a " Must Read "
Review: This book is the top of its class.Stephen King's book on good agianst evil is the best.As the Story begins we are told of a virus called Captian Trips.We see about 90% of the United States population die.Then the characters are put into catagories of good and evil.There is a leader of each group Mother Abigel ( good ) The Dark Man ( evil ).This is where it gets good.When the people are seperating the adventure really begins.But I don't want to tell you all about the plot.I want you to read it.So take my advice even if you don't like Stephen King I am sure you will love this book.
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Summary: Possibly a sequel?
Review: If you already own this paperback uncut version of the stand, go to page 1110. In it, Stu asks Tom if the dark man is dead. Tom tells Stu he never dies. Then Stu asks "WIll he be back?" Tom falls asleep. I think Stephen King was trying very well to point out here that this isn't the end of Stu, Frannie, Lucy, and everyone else from this book. The story has just begun. And I have no idea what the last pages of this book means (1137-1141)? R.F. still alive? The cycle repeats? And what does "February 1975 December 1988" mean. Email me if you know. socko130@hotmail.com
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Summary: Hint: If the book is over 1000 pages and you're a slow and
Review: impatient reader who doesn't like to learn more about the characters by reading about them individually, then don't read the book. I was a little disappointed too by the end, especially with the fact that Stu Redman, the main character in the book, didn't get in on any of the action. He just sat in a pit nursing his broken leg while Larry and Ralph went to Las Vegas and got blown to hell. Then Tom finds him, and it's all suddenly over. That was the only think I didn't like about it. Other than that, the book was really great. Harold was of course annoying, especially when Stu first joins him and Fran. Instead of looking at reviews, just NOTICE that there are around 500 reviews for this book, so that means that a lot of people like this book. By the time you read this, there could be up to 700. Who knows? By the way, by all means, DON'T BUY THE ORIGINAL 700 PAGE CHOP! THE EXTRA 400 PAGES KING PUT BACK IN WERE NOT JUST PUT IN AND NOT EXAMINED. KING MADE SURE THEY WERE VITAL TO THE PLOT BEFORE HE PUT THEM BACK IN. By the way, about the book being long, sometimes I flip to the back of the book to see if it is only 141 pages long because I read it in less than 2 weeks! I blazed right through it.
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Summary: I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!
Review: 10 stars! this is my favorite book of all time so far. i am on the last 30 pages now and am actually sad that its' almost over. i've come so close to the characters and i won't tell anyone what happens (i've not seen the movie yet)but it's EXCELLENT. my favorite part was trying to figure out why there is a crow on the cover......
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Summary: Awesome, awesome, awesome
Review: As an avid reader, I can't beg u enough to read the Stand. No one should go through their life w/o reading it at least once. It is at the top of my all time list (here it is for those who care) 1.The Stand 2. The Godfather 3. Animal Farm (Read it. It isn't juvenile) 4. The Giver (Same as above) 5. The Green Mile Every year The Stand seems to call me back and i end up reading it in about 5 days. The characters seem as real as anyone i have ever known. SK outdid himself on this one
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Summary: NOT the best King book ever.
Review: The Stand is an epic work. It is 1141 pages and deals with topics no less grand than the end of the world (as we know it) and the destruction of most of the world's population. The book has several strong characters (Nick, Frannie, Larry and especially Mother Abigail) and a lot of action. The descriptions of the different journeys across America contain the book's strongest writing. The problems that I see with this book are: 1. The immunity to Captain Trip's is never explained, not even slightly. 2. The length is not totally oppressive (I read it in 2 weeks), but the last 200 pages were painful. 3. The size of the artwork was reduced (in my standard paperback); this made it very hard to study the pictures closely. 4. The ending (in Las Vegas and concerning Flagg) was abrupt (in a book this long that is totally unnecessary), and the "Stand" was anti-climactic. I think the The Stand is a good work, but it doesn't come close to being one of King's best works (which I feel are The Green Mile and Carrie).
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