A review by youngthespian42
The Stand by Stephen King

2.0

I found myself returning to King and working through some of the Classics in the last few years after being totally drawn in again by Doctor Sleep. This has always been one of his highest regarded works and understanding The Man in Black is critical to the Dark Tower Series I hope to get to someday. Maybe it's just cause I've read a lot of post-apocalypse fiction at this point but this book did not hit for me at all. Way too much build and not enough actual conflict with the Man in Black himself. Read Justin Cronin's Passage trilogy instead. The worldbuilding, Lore, and characters are way more compelling. Also, The Stand's audio book was over 48 hrs long. Woof.