Reviews

Blaze by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

breiner26's review against another edition

4.0

4 ⭐

puppyphant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well written and entertaining from beginning to end. It's tragic and moving, and while I wasn't moved to side with the protagonist as many readers are, I did empathize with him. I believe that's the point. The protagonist is a criminal, but he's also a person.

My copy also had a short story in the back, called Memory, and while it was also entertaining and emotional, I failed to understand the point. That's on me, though.

dylanholmes999's review

challenging emotional sad 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

3.25

andropupsi's review against another edition

Saddest Stephen King book I've heard in a while. Just not my kind of book.

bluejay1997's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

smkean's review against another edition

5.0

I didn't think I'd end up as invested in this story as I was. I'd never heard much about this one, King's Bachman books don't always get the most attention. He even writes a foreword in this about him not being confident in this story. But you guys, it's sooooo good. The feel is a bit different, I wouldn't call this a horror story, it's a quick read and for the most part follows only one character on a terrible misadventure. It's dark, it's sad and its actually full of feeling. I think if you haven't picked this one up, if you've passed over it out of just not being sure if its worth the read. I tell you it is.

-⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-

tafrito's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

3.0

tatumreads's review against another edition

3.0

This book was okay. I loved the intro King included in the version I read which basically said this was Bachman's work and not his. That is definitely true. I wanted to read a book of his written under the Bachman pen name, but much prefer King's own work

theiofthestorm's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

rosiex's review against another edition

3.0

3.5