Reviews

The Stand by Stephen King

jach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.25

ldelain11's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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

charlietheraspberry's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kellymartin3702's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Excellent book.....until the end. The story had a long build up to a very short and disappointing climax.

betseyboo's review against another edition

4.0

Crazy to think this book was written in 1978. Reading it during a pandemic gave it a totally different feel. Although slow at times, I think the story will stick with me longer than those of other books.

qjbrown96's review against another edition

5.0

After reading King’s first several books I couldn’t understand the hype for this guy. Like he’s not THAT good. But after reading The Stand…WOW. This writing style isn’t like his previous ones. It is vastly better. The size of this book my be scary but every single word is a pearl. Fantastic story and never been more relevant with the times we are experiencing now. If you like this book I thoroughly recommend reading The Passage. It is so much like The Stand but with Vampire like creatures. Also The Troop is an exceptional scary story with a lot of Stephen King qualities.

saarrr's review against another edition

5.0

Poeh wat een boek. Ik snap heel goed waarom dit een van de meest geliefde Stephen King boeken is. Deze baksteen (1000+ pagina's met kleine letters) vraagt wat toewijding, maar is het helemaal waard. Het stuk in Boulder zakte wat in, maar voor de rest is het hartstikke spannend. Stephen King is ontzettend goed in het opbouwen van werelden en het schrijven van realistische personages en ook hier doet hij dat weer fantastisch. Het zijn er een heleboel, dus het duurt even voordat je ze goed kent, maar daarna wil je geen afscheid meer van hen nemen. Nick en vooral Tom staan inmiddels in mijn rijtje met favoriete fictieve personages.

debbiecollectsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

Stephen King is one of my favorite authors. This was a monster of a book, over 1100 pages but, very enjoyable. I never knew what direction I would be taken. A great good verses evil storyline. Holds your interest till the very end.

rhondac123's review against another edition

4.0

One dreary week in 1994 I was incredibly ill and home-bound. I took the brave attempt of inhaling this book over the span of a week, and at the end of that week, I had accomplished my goal....and was incredibly bleary-eyed because of it. But what do I expect? It's a Stephen King book, and definitely one of his larger novels.

I find it ironic considering I was so sick and bored and home bound, reading the storyline of this novel. And I like that it's broken down into separate storyline parts because I don't think there is any other way I would have been able to ingest it.

libvin96's review against another edition

4.0

I'M FREE! Longest book I have ever and will ever read in my entire life. Was good enough to slog through for 3 months, though, for what it's worth.