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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
This was a fast read. Though I found issues with Bachman/King’s development of the story; it was thoroughly engaging from start to fishing. He has a way of crafting a character that should not be like-able into someone you find yourself rooting for. The ending was easily predicted, but it allowed the reader space to do thought experiments on different ways it could end.
3.5 ⭐️ An enjoyable King tale, albeit quite grim. I enjoyed the flashback stories the most. I was really, really feeling for Blaze by the end.
4.5, I liked this a lot. I wish there were less flashback, and feel for blaze.
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
One of the King novels that didn't leave much of an impression when I first read it. It kind of had some things going against it for me when I first picked it up. It was an old trunk novel from 1975, 30 years earlier. It was going to be one of the Cold Case Crime books until it wasn't. And it's not horror.
Honestly I don't know why it wasn't just put out by Cold Case, as I think it's more a crime novel than COLORADO KID was, though yes, I think COLORADO was a better story overall.
I know, three months from now, this one's going to be mostly forgotten for a second time because, even as I read it, it left little impression, like a hastily gulped lunch in three minutes before your next meeting.
While it did have small flashes of the King magic here and there, overall it's only an okay story. I kept thinking, what would a David Joy, or John Hart, or most intriguingly, an Andre Dubus III have done with this?
Not a bad premise, but there's authors out there that do it far better.
Honestly I don't know why it wasn't just put out by Cold Case, as I think it's more a crime novel than COLORADO KID was, though yes, I think COLORADO was a better story overall.
I know, three months from now, this one's going to be mostly forgotten for a second time because, even as I read it, it left little impression, like a hastily gulped lunch in three minutes before your next meeting.
While it did have small flashes of the King magic here and there, overall it's only an okay story. I kept thinking, what would a David Joy, or John Hart, or most intriguingly, an Andre Dubus III have done with this?
Not a bad premise, but there's authors out there that do it far better.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No