The Bachman Books by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

3.98 AVERAGE

kipreads's review against another edition

2.0
dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mtmdays's review against another edition

5.0
I didn't read Roadwork, but I really love the Running Man. Kinda wish it was longer. "Dying time is here!" Ok, that's from the Arnold movie, but still...
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catbastardd's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

gravunder's review against another edition

3.5
dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookobsessed1987's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
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atomicsammi's review against another edition

3.0
medium-paced

momster13's review against another edition

5.0
Just another reason to be a Constant Reader.
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briartherose's review against another edition

3.5
dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
  • The Long Walk: simple premise executed brilliantly. Seriously underrated as far as King stories go.
  • Roadwork: not bad. Some interesting stuff about capitalism, but if any other writer's name had been on it I probably never would have picked it up.
  • The Running Man: fast-paced, but that's about all it has going for it. A miserable story with a miserable protagonist that you simply cannot sympathise with.
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postmodernblues's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

h4wke's review against another edition

4.0
The Long Walk and The Running Man were absolutely fantastic while Roadworks was bland and bloated with occasional sparks of emotional brilliance. Overall most of this collection was good, but maybe skip the middle third.

Also I’m not a detective but I’m pretty sure Stephen King is ghost writing for Richard Bachman... I’ll keep everyone updated on my future findings.