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The Stand by Stephen King

aabbyod's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

reserv3's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

escragg92's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

rociovoncina's review against another edition

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4.0

Titulo: Apocalipsis
Autor: Stephen King
Año publicado: 1978
Motivo de lectura: #StephenKingChallenge
Lectura / Relectura: Relectura
Fisico / Electronico: Fisico
Mi edicion: Tapa dura, 1299 paginas, Plaza & Janes
Idioma: Español
Puntuacion: 4/5




Retomando mi desafio personal de leer la obra de King en orden cronologico, y lo que estoy disfrutando de esta experiencia!
Apocalipsis es una obra excepcional. Es una clase magistral sobre como se escribe en detalle (se que algunas personas no disfrutan tanto de la enorme capacidad de King para describir detalles, pero en mi caso lo disfruto mucho). El desarrollo de personajes es exquisito, y aun cuando este libro tiene muchisimos personajes, jamas me senti perdida no pudiendo recordar quien era quien, todo eso gracias a su talento para construir personajes y haciendo que destaquen por algun motivo.
Leer apocalipsis durante una pandemia ha sido una experiencia unica, realmente la ficcion se acercaba tanto a la realidad que por momentos fue escalofriante.
Algo que me gustaria destacar es, aun cuando la premisa es sobre un virus que mata al 99% de la poblacion, el libro no se centra tanto en la enfermedad, sino mas bien en la naturaleza humana, como las personas actuan bajo presion, y como algunos sacan a relucir lo mejor o lo peor de cada uno. Asi que este libro esta plagado de heroes y villanos, y la constante lucha por sobrevivir a cualquier costo.
En esta obra, es la primera vez donde aparece el emblematico Randall Flagg, quien es un personaje tan importante dentro del universo King.
Long live the King!

lizzzeb's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I love the world building and how I can remember all of the characters throughout the book. The casual racism in the book was hard for me but I understand this was written in the late 70s so some of it is a product of the time. I thought that the climax was a bit rushed tbh. But damn, what a great pandemic story. 

safa_k's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

melissa_reads_'s review

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

hviid's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

evesdabestfr's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jadelaite's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5