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A review by talking_to_trees
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
4.0
I generally avoid Stephen King's books because, well.. The guy scares me, but also because I am just not a thriller kind off girl.
This book I picked up solely because of the reference in the new series Haven. I have a compulsion to read all literary references in movies and television shows, or at least do my very best to.
This was a quick read, but I must admit, I found it rather enjoyable. Because it is so short, it is rather hard to give a summary without giving to much away. Basically, it is about a small town mystery which happened a long time ago, and is discussed now.
What amazed me was how much information King could put into so few words. This was rather more of a short story than it was a novel, but I enjoyed every minute of it, not so much because of the story, but because of what I learned about writing. King's writing style makes it easy to gain vast amounts of information about the characters, the town and even recent history and the people of the town, and this is not the kind off information that you have to guess about or analyse to death. It is plain and simple and very eloquent.
This book I picked up solely because of the reference in the new series Haven. I have a compulsion to read all literary references in movies and television shows, or at least do my very best to.
This was a quick read, but I must admit, I found it rather enjoyable. Because it is so short, it is rather hard to give a summary without giving to much away. Basically, it is about a small town mystery which happened a long time ago, and is discussed now.
What amazed me was how much information King could put into so few words. This was rather more of a short story than it was a novel, but I enjoyed every minute of it, not so much because of the story, but because of what I learned about writing. King's writing style makes it easy to gain vast amounts of information about the characters, the town and even recent history and the people of the town, and this is not the kind off information that you have to guess about or analyse to death. It is plain and simple and very eloquent.