Writing this review is going to break my heart, so I'm going to get it over with as quickly as possible. Deal? Okay.The most interesting thing about rereading Stephen King's works in chronological order is seeing how my opinions of them change in comparison to how I felt years ago. Experiencing his ...
I reckon I'll have to come back to this one after I've read the whole Dark Tower saga. Knowing the broad strokes of King's over-arching mythos I got most of what was going on, but I don't think I enjoyed it as much as I might. That said, it was not what I expected. I thought it would explore a fai...
You may skip ahead to Actual Review if you haven't a fuck to give about my experience while reading Stephen King's Insomnia and only want to hear about the book. Yes, I put personal shit in my reviews. I won't hold it against you if you want to get down to brass tax... tacks... screw it, you know wh...
I really liked the fact that the protagonists in this book were around 70 years old. Folks in this age bracket seem to be underrepresented in popular fiction. And I believe King handled their characterizations well. I also liked the surreal feel to the supernatural aspects of this book. Oh, and, I w...
The good:- I love that the protagonist is a man in his early 70s. There are far too few older protagonists out there- the first several chapters were creepy as hell... some of the creepiest I've ever readThe not-so-good:- for me, the story went downhill when Lois came into the picture as a fellow a...
You can say a lot of things about Stephen King, but not that he cannot tell one hell of a story. After reading It (over 1000 pages) I had to take a break from his work, but when I saw this title, I was interested enough to pick up another of his large tomes. It is hard to describe what Insomnia is ...
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