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Rage

Stephen King

3.41 AVERAGE

rookjupiter's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense medium-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

bisecle's review against another edition

4.0

I think this book came into my life right when I needed it but like not in a way that i’m gonna kill people i promise

presidentemiao's review against another edition

5.0

dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

izpalm's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

medutt's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ronanprsh's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jj_books's review against another edition

1.75

dark tense 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

This is the first of Stephen King penned as Richard Bachman. The printed standalone of this short novel is ridiculously priced so it’s better to try your luck with The Bachman Books (any edition before 97 I believe.)

It’s.. well it’s not great. Do I love it more than some other books? Sure I mean King is my favourite author. But will it be a running contender for the worst of the Batch? Probably.

My thoughts:
Characters: all the characters are stereotypes and there is no development whatsoever. Charlie Decker is not a sympathetic character and a bit of a douchebag. I mean some of the things we go through in school are relatable to this but that’s as far as it gets.

Pace: pace is slow and nothing really happens after a point.

Some things I liked:

The embarrassing scene with the girl when he went to a freshman party. The conversation with the school psychiatrist.

Things I didn’t like:
The ending, it’s awful I don’t understand

how on earth could the rest of the class root for this prick? Seriously? What they did to the poor guy, Ted I think his name was, it just was uncalled for.

patri97's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark tense slow-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

wenyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

carolinebeez's review against another edition

2.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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