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A review by ferrisscottr
The Stand by Stephen King
5.0
Epic, brilliant, mind blowing...a true work of art. {that was my review the first time I read the book}
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First time re-reading. I wanted to do it last year but the pandemic was still too new and thought it would change my opinion of the book at that time.
Nope - that didn't happen. My opinion is the same. It's epic and brilliant and mind blowing still. There are a couple million reviews already out there on this so not going to go into too much detail.
I loved the writing. This book was 1200 pages in hardcover and not once did it feel like a long book. I wish it was another 1000 pages. Every page was fresh and I could not stop turning those pages over and over again.
The setup was brilliant - super flu kills off something like 99.4% of everyone and society has to restart. Some drawn to Mother Abigail and some drawn to Randall Flagg.
The characters (like most King books) are what shine the brightest. They are fully formed, they grown, they develop, they are multi-dimensional, they are interesting - amazing!
If you list off my top books of all time this comes in quite nicely at #2, my second favorite book of all time (and I've read thousands). Right after Pinkwater and right before Lonesome Dove.
The complete highest possible recommendation, the greatest book by this generations greatest novelist.
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First time re-reading. I wanted to do it last year but the pandemic was still too new and thought it would change my opinion of the book at that time.
Nope - that didn't happen. My opinion is the same. It's epic and brilliant and mind blowing still. There are a couple million reviews already out there on this so not going to go into too much detail.
I loved the writing. This book was 1200 pages in hardcover and not once did it feel like a long book. I wish it was another 1000 pages. Every page was fresh and I could not stop turning those pages over and over again.
The setup was brilliant - super flu kills off something like 99.4% of everyone and society has to restart. Some drawn to Mother Abigail and some drawn to Randall Flagg.
The characters (like most King books) are what shine the brightest. They are fully formed, they grown, they develop, they are multi-dimensional, they are interesting - amazing!
If you list off my top books of all time this comes in quite nicely at #2, my second favorite book of all time (and I've read thousands). Right after Pinkwater and right before Lonesome Dove.
The complete highest possible recommendation, the greatest book by this generations greatest novelist.