admiralarbiter 's review for:

Rage by Richard Bachman
3.0

As with many King books, engrossing and hard to look away once it got goinfg, but not as compelling for me as many of his others.

I understand that there are really only two real characters here, and that everyone else is seen through the twisted lens of our disturbed POV, but there was a lack of that character depth that I love from many of the other works. The violence is fast and shocking, in a good way given the long stretches of dialogue and psychoanalysis.

Overall, this book cannot be viewed or approached outside of its effect and context- go read King's essay "Guns" to understand.