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A review by silas_rnold
Blaze by Stephen King, Richard Bachman
4.0
"Ain’t none of you ever been stuck in the mud and needed a push?" - Richard Bachman (Stephen King), Blaze
Blaze is an endearing story and character. A man whose potential was stolen away from him by life's cruelty, and put him on the outs from regular society. When Blaze follows through with a scheme he and his dead partner George cooked up, things get interesting.
This is a shorter story than King usually publishes, even under the Bachman pseudonym, but I found it affecting. The tragic nature of Blaze's history when shown in parallel with his present, and some information Blaze himself doesn't know, makes the reader root for him when he should be the least sympathetic character in the whole story.
The writing doesn't feel like a regular Bachman because the tone isn't as disgruntled/frustrated as every other Bachman novel, and it doesn't carry King's voice, either.
There isn't a lot to say about this story without giving spoilers, so I'll be brief. This feels like what could have happened to Lennie if George had died in Of Mice and Men, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Blaze is an endearing story and character. A man whose potential was stolen away from him by life's cruelty, and put him on the outs from regular society. When Blaze follows through with a scheme he and his dead partner George cooked up, things get interesting.
This is a shorter story than King usually publishes, even under the Bachman pseudonym, but I found it affecting. The tragic nature of Blaze's history when shown in parallel with his present, and some information Blaze himself doesn't know, makes the reader root for him when he should be the least sympathetic character in the whole story.
The writing doesn't feel like a regular Bachman because the tone isn't as disgruntled/frustrated as every other Bachman novel, and it doesn't carry King's voice, either.
There isn't a lot to say about this story without giving spoilers, so I'll be brief. This feels like what could have happened to Lennie if George had died in Of Mice and Men, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.