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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-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
The first novel released by Stephen King under his darker pseudonym of Richard Bachman. This is the one SK removed from print in the 90s after multiple school shooters/mass shooters had this on their person or stated it influenced
Like each of the other “Bachman books”, this is a novel meant to instill one theme/emotion and just hammer that point home. For “The Long Walk” there was pain. For “Roadwork” there was loss of control. For “The Running Man” there was paranoia.
And for Rage the theme I found was justification. The main character (who just killed 2 adults and is holding his class against their will) unintentionally causes the reader and his classmates to gain perspective and empathy for him as he explains his troubled childhood. His classmates in turn share their stories, struggles, and truths to justify their mistakes and trials. And in the end, like the children on the island in “Lord of the Flies”, they (the class minus the killer with the gun) come together to take down the one student who deems himself above them, who doesn’t need to justify his lies and poor choices, to the point that he is in a mental hospital with no chance of recovery.
Not a comfortable read but had to be done to complete my goal of reading all of SK’s books!
Like each of the other “Bachman books”, this is a novel meant to instill one theme/emotion and just hammer that point home. For “The Long Walk” there was pain. For “Roadwork” there was loss of control. For “The Running Man” there was paranoia.
And for Rage the theme I found was justification. The main character (who just killed 2 adults and is holding his class against their will) unintentionally causes the reader and his classmates to gain perspective and empathy for him as he explains his troubled childhood. His classmates in turn share their stories, struggles, and truths to justify their mistakes and trials. And in the end, like the children on the island in “Lord of the Flies”, they (the class minus the killer with the gun) come together to take down the one student who deems himself above them, who doesn’t need to justify his lies and poor choices, to the point that he is in a mental hospital with no chance of recovery.
Not a comfortable read but had to be done to complete my goal of reading all of SK’s books!
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-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
i understand the point trying to be made here. But a little too much antagonist worship for me.
As always this is a fine work by Mr. King (in terms of the way this book is written) HOWEVER, IMO, the plot and the development of the main character are among the least interesting things that I’ve read from SK
dark
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:
Complicated
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It makes sense as to why this book was pulled from printing; it is disturbing even if the violence is kept to a minimum for the scenario that takes place.
Libro que decidió retirar el propio king por lo que provocó. Entiendo que es un libro controvertido sobre todo por lo que ha pasado en institutos norteamericanos. Pero justo por eso creo que debería enseñarse en institutos para que los jóvenes vean lo que no se debe hacer y lo que puede ocurrir si se hace
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes