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A review by adamcagey
Blaze by Richard Bachman
4.0
In the introduction to this novel, King dismisses it as a trunk novel. Originally written in 1973 under his pen name, Richard Bachman, it sat forgotten for nearly thirty years. Thankfully it's been unearthed. This is an excellent, no-nonsense crime novel.
King mentions in the intro that when he wrote a second draft of Blaze thirty years later, he paired down the prose as much as he could, making it as lean as possible. In this regard it reads like a Donald Westlakee novel (or, more accurately, like Westlake's alter ego, Richard Stark).
The book clocks in at a relatively short (for King anyway) 260 pages. The story just screams along, and King's realization of the main character is surprisingly effective. Blaze is fantastic character, tragic and sympathetic.
this is probably the best King novel I've read since 1997's Desperation. Well worth the read.
King mentions in the intro that when he wrote a second draft of Blaze thirty years later, he paired down the prose as much as he could, making it as lean as possible. In this regard it reads like a Donald Westlakee novel (or, more accurately, like Westlake's alter ego, Richard Stark).
The book clocks in at a relatively short (for King anyway) 260 pages. The story just screams along, and King's realization of the main character is surprisingly effective. Blaze is fantastic character, tragic and sympathetic.
this is probably the best King novel I've read since 1997's Desperation. Well worth the read.