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A review by fireblend
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
4.0
This was really solid, eight books into King's bibliography I would call it slop but in the most generous meaning of the word - the next 10 books could be like this and I'd be ok with that. It doesn't feel phoned in, but it does feel less like someone trying to prove themselves. And all the King staples are here, from the religious fundamentalism and center-progressive views to the (many!) well educated and intellectual friends offering their thoughts on ESP and even the backwater friend chiming in with some colorful piece of folklore (a bit of unfortunate exoticism on that one but what can you do).
That said, the ending fell flat for me; all throughout the book builds towards an idea the whole last fourth or so hinges on and it turns out to be a rather boring and drawn out drive towards an endpoint you can see from miles away, with not even the slightest swerve, which was a bit of a disappointment but not enough to detract from the rest.
That said, the ending fell flat for me; all throughout the book builds towards an idea the whole last fourth or so hinges on and it turns out to be a rather boring and drawn out drive towards an endpoint you can see from miles away, with not even the slightest swerve, which was a bit of a disappointment but not enough to detract from the rest.