A review by punkinmuffin
The Stand by Stephen King

4.0

I read the 1990 expanded edition this year (2021). Some of the language and tropes, especially the dialogue, are now pretty dated (who refers to sex as "the horizontal bop" these days? and a character like Frannie, whose world seems to revolve around the men in her life, does not read well in the 21st century). That said, it's still a rip-snorter of a story. Like most of what King has written, it hooks you until the you can actually hear the characters just behind your shoulder, murmuring, breathing, laughing. I felt bereft when I'd finished.