1.32k reviews for:

Rage

Richard Bachman

3.41 AVERAGE

saras_stax's review against another edition

3.0

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Wow. This one was a bit of a hard one for me to get into.

incaseof's review against another edition

2.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not a fan 

r_reynolds's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional reflective tense 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

ry_arc's review against another edition

2.75

fast-paced

marielle68's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense

isa_aah's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readerofdafuk's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective tense slow-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

elines's review against another edition

2.5

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

readjakereed's review against another edition

2.5

dark 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

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2.5 ⭐️ So much controversy for such a mediocre book

psyphonics's review against another edition

1.0

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Rage is the first published and written work of Stephen King under his pen name 'Richard Bachman,' which he created to analyze if people liked his work for its quality or the fact it had the name Stephen King under it.

And, wow, not a great way to start your analysis. This book, to put it bluntly, is immature and childish. It takes the horrific realization of a school shooting and makes it out to be a therapy session.

I forget who, but another reviewer for this book put it best, It's like if Holden Caulfield (Catcher in the Rye) held up the Breakfast Club.

There is a constant repetition of the word whiz? Which, out of all the poetic words you could have used, you chose a slang word for peeing? We never get any follow-up on the boy that the classroom beats into a catatonic state at the end. And then, we're still supposed to feel the MC, who keep in mind, is a literal murderer and school shooter, is the good guy?

The only good Stephen King did to this book was take it out of print.