Desperation

I loved this book. Of course, Stephen King always makes a good read. It's another one of his stories where you can't put it down.

This book is a lot like religion I guess...you have to take a lot on faith - a lot of Deux ex machina in this one. But unlike many others by King, it flows in a real time narrative which keeps the pages turning and the imagination is clearly 'King-sized'.

This is one of my favorite books of Stephen King. I read it, and enjoyed it from start to finish.

This novel was published by Stephen King in the same year as King published ‘The Regulators’ under his Richard Bachman pen name. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances. The story has us follow the tale of a group of people taken...more

This novel was published by Stephen King in the same year as King published ‘The Regulators’ under his Richard Bachman pen name. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances. The story has us follow the tale of a group of people taken captive by the local town sheriff and jailed, which after seeing the murders he committed to other town members makes them the lucky ones. We follow as they attempt to escape from what they come to realize was not the town sheriff at all, but instead a demonic ‘god-like’ creature possessing his body and using it to do it’s bidding. At the head of the group, we follow a boy who has come to have a close connection with God and what ensues is a tale about the trials that God will put his most faithful through in order to achieve the results he desires most. If you are a big fan of the book ‘It,’ then you’ll love this book because of its similarities to the demonic creatures in both tales. The book is a slightly under seven-hundred pages, but is an extremely tough one to put down, forcing me to finish reading it in roughly 3 days time, forcing myself to make time for it because I wanted to see what was going to happen next, and most importantly how everything was going to end. It’s one of the best novels I have read in a long time, and that should mean something to most people that know me.   hide

Great book. TAK!

This was a fantastic read. The biblical struggle between good and evil with the mystery of working out what is divine intervention, ambition, fate and chance. Desperation is a small mining town in which circumstance, or providence, sees a variety of characters taken, where they discover Desperation is no ordinary town.... A tragic incident has occured which sees them thrown deeply in the...more

This was a fantastic read. The biblical struggle between good and evil with the mystery of working out what is divine intervention, ambition, fate and chance. Desperation is a small mining town in which circumstance, or providence, sees a variety of characters taken, where they discover Desperation is no ordinary town.... A tragic incident has occured which sees them thrown deeply in the poop, and they must escape it. King creates characters so wonderfully, you swear you see them on the street and you know them. No other writer does it so well, and certainly noone writes horror novels with his ability to create a sense of reality in the characters. Highly recommended!   hide

when i first stated reading it, it reminded me a little of texas chainsaw massacure :P great writing and english

Personally I think Stephen King is a very talented writer, although some may think his stories are horror filled and terrifying. His books all seem to have the strong ability to keep the reader entertained. I finished this book in three days simply due to the fact that I didn't want to put it down (this was actually my second time reading it!) It's characters are described so well, you as the...more

Personally I think Stephen King is a very talented writer, although some may think his stories are horror filled and terrifying. His books all seem to have the strong ability to keep the reader entertained. I finished this book in three days simply due to the fact that I didn't want to put it down (this was actually my second time reading it!) It's characters are described so well, you as the reader have zero problem picturing them leaving little detail unseen. A great book, I would recommend to even the least of a King fan.   hide

What I don't like about Stephen King, is that he describes things for pages and pages. It's a bit long (for my taste), he could just shorten his description and the n I would be more interested. The book was good until I got fed up with the descriptions. There was too much description in this book, except for the gory parts, they were excellent.