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A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation. Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak."
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How would I say this?
How would I talk about this book, without using stall tactics to get to the point. This is a great book, not for the entire family though. It has some gorish scenes, but the whole story almost entirely covers it up. What can you expect from Steven King? His books are some of the greatest I have ever read, and some of them left me with nightmares for months('Salem's Lot). I'll tell you the run-down.
It all starts with Highway 50. Mary and Peter Jackson are driving in their car, until a police car comes up behind them. Mary tells Peter to pull over, but he has a bad feeling about the car, he does as she says anyway. When the police car pulls up next to them, a tall man steps out. He has to bend down to see inside the car. He tells them, like a friend, that their back license plate is missing, and he also says that they should take the front one, and transfer it. When Peter goes into the trunk to pull out the tool kit, Collie Entragion( the police man) finds a small bag of marijuana, left by Peter's sister. Collie then brings them back to his "lair".
A normal family of four; Ralph, Ellie, Kirsten, and David. They are driving on Highway 50 to continue on their vacation to random casinos for the father, Ralph. All of a sudden, their RV stops in the road. Everone is worried, but it's okay, a police car is slowing down by them... Collie Entragion steps out of the car and tells them that all four of the tires on the RV are flat. He says that what they ran over is called "Highway carpet", a means of stopping speeders. Collie alerts them of a crazy cop who is trying to stop innocent drivers and looting their automobiles, and tells them they should all get in the car.
Johnny Marinville, an author of a couple famous books, has stopped to have a pee on the side of the road. Collie Entragion comes up, and tells him that it is against the law to urinate in view of a highway. Then, Collie recognizes him as the literary lion he is. After a couple of fan moments, Johnny finds a package of marijuana, planted in his jacket. Collie then breaks his nose, and throws him in the car without mercy. Luckily, Johnny has his trusty cell phone with him, and continues to call his friend Steve. Only one thing, Highway 50 is not a very good place to have a cell phone... It's just like having dial-up connection, never works!
I would continue to talk more about the story, but then I would be spoiling peoples' fun.
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Classic King, like reading "young King" all over again
I've always felt the first fifty pages were a little slow as King introduced the characters, but upon re-reading the book I saw the real genius in what King did with his "slow build" approach. It's not even that slow. This is classic King. If you feel like he isn't "horror-fying" enough anymore, you need to read Desperation. The Regulators is also very good, but I recommend you read Desperation first.
My favorite Stephen King Book
I am a huge Stephen King fan. I've read just about all his books. This one is probably my favorite. It is just so creepy even from the first line in the book. I recommend this to anyone just starting to read King's books or for the die hard lover of his books. This one doesn't disapoint.
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