A review by mistysbookspace
The Stand by Stephen King

5.0

 This book took me by surprise. I went into it with no expectations really and to be honest it was a very intimidating book. I read the unabridged version so it was longer than the version he originally published. My copy was 1439 pages. Because of the sheer size of it I was kind of expecting to not enjoy it as much as everybody else did but I am happy to say that I really loved this book. It took me almost 2 months to read it but I loved it. In typical King fashion there is a lot of description and for the most part it works but I definitely think I would have preferred reading the original published version where it was cut down some because there were parts that I felt like we could have done without. Every time I put this book down I struggled to make myself pick it back up but once I started reading it again I didn't want to put it down. I don't know how to review this book without spoiling it so I am just going to leave it at you need to read this book. I know it's a big book. I myself was very intimidated by it but I am so glad I took the plunge because I absolutely loved it. It's for sure on my top 5 King list.