A review by amber_lea84
Blaze by Richard Bachman

3.0

I feel like this is good for what it is, which is a story about a kid who got brain damage from his abusive father, went into an orphanage, got into a life of crime that culminated in him stealing a baby for ransom. There's two parallel stories happening at once so you're learning about Blaze's childhood while he is presently going through the act of stealing the baby. Throughout the present day storyline he's hearing the voice of his dead partner in crime in his head, giving him direction and criticizing him relentlessly. Both of these devices are obnoxious when used by lesser authors, but they really work here.

I wish I'd read Of Mice and Men because I can't speak the similarities. It does feel like a mash up of plenty of other stories I've seen/read. While I wouldn't call it a horror novel, it has that distinctive King flare.