Roadwork by Stephen King
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Book Reviews of Roadwork
Book Review: Bad horror-thriller, but a good novel of madness.
Summary: 3 Stars
Like the Bachman novel "Rage", this one too, is about madness, and hate, and how some people just want to destroy everything when they go mad. That is why this is so realistic, but it might be a bit harmful to some readers because of its "solution" to the hate---a shootout. A clever book about a railway being built by some guy's house, who has to have his house removed. He doesn't like this, so day by day, he plans his revenge. It's a hard to understand bok, and overall, I wouldn't say it is a good book because of its contents and negative point of view but I wouldn't say its bad because it says: "Speak out your feelings."Book Review: Not the tops, but worth a read.
Summary: 3 Stars
Roadwork is a quick read with good character development the makes the central character's road to insanity believeable.Like all Bachman novels (The Regulators possibly excpeted, haven;t read it), it is sort of a countdown to an insane event triggered by an insane world. This treatment of the theme is unique because the world is ours, unaltered (unlike The Running Man and The Long Walk) and the character is an innocent, and seems just fine before his world crumples in on him.
Worth a go, epecially for King fans. Should be a breeze to get though.
Book Review: Slow King novel. Not one of his better ones.
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm a diehard King fan. I love his early work and recent work but this book didn't do it for me. Some parts were interesting but overrall the pace was way too slow and the characters didn't have that special element that King always give his characters to make them come alive. Dawes is a disgruntled and very depressing character that I had a tough time following. Takes too long to get to the good part of the story. I realize King's novels often time have a slow build as he develops the character(s) but something was missing here.Book Review: Progress drives man insane, film at 11:00
Summary: 3 Stars
A freeway extension is coming through town and causes our main character to lose his house, his job and his mind. Like other King-as-Bachman books it has the feel of a short story which has been stuffed with repetitive content to make it novel length. Also, like other Bachman books the plot (what plot there is) is predictable. Somewhat of an interesting read nonetheless but not a great work.Book Review: Average by just about all standards
Summary: 3 Stars
This book had some serious potential, the problem is, the first 2/3rds of this book were setting up the story. Unlike other Bachman stories, this one just takes to long to get moving. Once it does, it's a great story, much like the movie falling down. Had this book been 100 pages longer, it probably would've gotten the other 2 stars... but alas, it just ends to quickly