So, I dropped the pretention and read a Stephen King novel. True, I read several of King's works...in middle school...but I thought that it was time to give him another chance. After all, King's popularity is eclipsed only by, oh, I don't know...Jesus? Well, not Jesus...but someone popular.I'll admit, the story was engaging. King has a way with propelling his story-lines over hundreds of pages without taking a breath. Or so it would seem. Unfortunately, the mediocrity of his prose is, at best, distracting and at worst infuriating. How many internal monologues can one author insert haphazardly into a single paragraph? I don't know, but King sure does: twenty-seven. Seriously though, King's writing suffers from a lack of ingenuity. Metaphors are ham-fisted and cliched, character development is superficial at best, and the dialogue is trite and unconvincing. The upshot to King's fast-paced, yet uninspired, novel? It only took a few hours to be finish. ( )

One of his best! I loved it, and felt emotionally attached to the characters, as I do in all of King's books! AWESOME ( )

Once again Stephen King creates a frighteningly, twisted landscape in a small town. Only this time he decides to use Nevada as the backdrop.

I enjoyed how King captured that sense of fear we all get when stopped by a cop in an unfamiliar place. We aren't sure what is going on and then our worst fears come true. He taps into an almost universal fear among travelers - what happens when we fall off the grid during our travels. Who will help us? Who will know?

The book was an enjoyable read - sometimes it was a bit over the top. I did enjoy the historical background on the primary "bad guy". I also liked the twist connection between the writer and the boy.

It wasn't one of his best book but it was a good read. ( )

1 uit een tweeluik van Stephen King. Feel the desperation. ( )

Great story! The sister novel, The Regulators, isn't that good. Read this novel by itself, and you will love King. ( )