I almost stopped reading this a few different times. It was like King was writing down to his characters. I found it simplistic and vulgarly manipulative. Most of the tension developed out of an infant being in danger, which is cheap.
Not bad. Not as good as other Bachman books though. Something different, though, with the eerie Stephen King supernatural overtones there.If you really need something to read, pick it up. But there are better Richard Bachman books ([book:The Regulators], [book:Thinner])
This was a pretty decent story: Mentally handicapped Clay Blaisdell Jr. (Blaze) goes through with a kidnapping plot even though his partner (and the "brains" of the operation) is dead.This is a book that is pretty typical of Bachman, in that it's relatively short at 260 pages, and it is a simple sto...
Oh, Stephen King. Or Bachman. Or both. I do enjoy you so. Overall, it was a very compelling, very quick read. Definitely recommended. King speaks of [book: The Colorado Kid] and [book: Blaze] in the same breath, with good reason. There's a similar feel to the writing. Very sparse. It's still very Ki...
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