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The ultimate battle between good and evilAmazon.com Review
In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it. The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can’t ignore it. Stephen King’s most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world’s population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil. “I love to burn things up,” King says. “It’s the werew… More >>
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Good GOD! This book is stupid. It’s long, drawn out, boring and totally contrived. Like the majority of his work it’s populated by the typical Stephen King stock(blue collar village idiot’s) character’s and a cheesy redneck devil like villian. Stupid and predictable…tedious and incondite!!!! and a total waste of my time.
Rating: 1 / 5
I would rather eat my own mouldy and gangrenous leg and die slowly and miserably of superflu before reading any more of this descriptive drivel (I have stopped at page 372). This is my first foray into the best selling novels of the late 20th century and I am disappointed, although not surprised at how trite and unentertaining it is. Stephen certainly has a way with words as well as a vivid imagination, and he also has a lot of money, but he has nothing of interest for me. Nevertheless, many people obviously enjoy his novels enormously, which only proves that we all have different tastes, and that nothing is objectively good or bad. It all depends upon what you like, and what interests you, and unless we know the interests and tastes of the reviewer, the review is not particularly useful. So let me say this: I have enjoyed Proust and Celine, but not Shakespeare. As a young man I owned Sex Pistols records, but now prefer Jobim. I like the books of Jim Corbett and Peter Freuchen, but also watch plenty of boring crap on TV, and I suspect that even though I have told you all of this, you probably still have no idea of whether or not this book of Stephen Kings will interest you at all. So let me ask this, if you dreamed of a beautiful girl called Nadine, would that dream be satisfying to you? And if it was, do you think a book by Stephen King would interest you?
Rating: 1 / 5
Everyone fell for this book. Put Stephen Kings name on 1200 pages of garbage and you have yourself an instant classic. How can Stephen King write so much and say so little? I mean, the book had a seemingly great plot: 99% of the population of the world is massacred by a disease. All the survivors see visions that determine whether they are “good” or “evil”. The book is named for the ultimate battle between good and evil (or should I say good americans and bad americans. it seems mexico, canada, an all of the other hundred and some-odd countries are ignored by Mr. King.) I have to admit, king had a great idea for a great epic. his only problem is that he doesn’t know how to write a good book. all his characters are the same. they talk in the same way. he goes off on tangents telling how his characters were abused when they were young. So much bark in this book and no bite. So much leading up to something, but after a thousand pages, the! re was still no “something” He decided to build up a huge story and put in a stupid ending. he took the easy way out. shame on you Mr. King for wasting my time
Rating: 2 / 5
The book came from the seller in deplorable condition. It was supposed to be a used book but in good condition. It was anything but that! Cover very creased and wrinkled, pages loose and falling out, and looked as if it had been dipped in water and then dried. I am very disappointed with this transaction.
Rating: 1 / 5
Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonder was an excellent read. For this reason I bought March.While it was also beautifully written the main character, Mr. March was a total dissapointment. After reading all the adoring and eloquent letters written to his wife and daughters while he was at war, I was very disappointed when he had an affair with Grace. I lost my patience and considered him an idiot when he suggested the sheep should be allowed to keep their wool, the cows should be allowed to keep their milk for their calves and I can’t remember what the chickens were supposed to do with their eggs. I went to the last page to see if he got shot during the war but allas, he made it home to his loving family. Pity.
Rating: 2 / 5