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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jun 11, 2006
Pros: Creepy scenes, Good versus Evil, unfolding layers, complex characters
Cons: It does take a while to unfold, at times.
Summary: . . . there was the Highway, and the Highway was Dry and Dusty. Along the Highway, evil had found an abode. An eclectic group of travelers along a desert highway in Nevada get stopped by a very large local police officer, who initially seems friendly, ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 13, 2009
Pros: Excellent plot, believable characters, intense action and horror, thought-provocative.
Cons: A little gory for the faint of heart, Some characters didn't drive the plot
Summary: (Caution: May contain spoilers)Imagine you are driving down a deserted highway in the middle of nowhere. And all of a sudden, a friendly cop pulls you over for something minor, oh say a missing licence plate. After a bit of conversation, you find ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2007
Pros: One of the greatest horror stories ever!
Cons: The first 100 pages are very unnerving.
Summary: I had this book in my collection for a number of years as I am a subscriber to the Stephen King Book Club. I have been reading the remaining Dark Tower books and now that Stephen King is listing in bold at the beginning of his books all of the related ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 22, 2005
Pros: Great pace, Vivid narration, Good story
Cons: Muddled philosophy, Hit or miss characterization, A few unanswered questions
Summary: When I closed the Desperation, after finishing, I didn't feel the awe that I had felt when I finished some of King's other novels. I didn't feel a wave of disappointment, either. To to you the truth, for a while, I had to think how I felt. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 30, 2003
Pros: Chilling, Great Characterization
Cons: Relies Too Much on the Supernatural later on.
Summary: Stephen King is one of my favorite authors; well actually he's really one of the only authors that I read from in my spare time, but that's beside the point. Every once in a while I tend to go into a shopping spree mode whenever I fill up my bank account ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 19, 2002
Pros: Again, that it ends when it does
Cons: the 'God' thing is a bit much
Summary: You have the right to remain silent...you have the right to remain dead
It's been a long time coming, but this is it. The Tak saga will go down in the books(for me at least)as Kings most accomplished endevor. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 29, 2001
Pros: Desperation grabs your attention from the beginning. Truly disturbing all the way through.
Cons: A genuinely confusing ending that will require full attention for comprehension.
Summary: If you like King's style, you will not be disappointed. He develops each character perfectly and will have you routing for their escape from a truly horrifying environment. The action sustains throughout the entire book never giving you or the characters ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2001
Pros: Not made into a movie
Cons: Stupid ending
Summary: Ok, we all like Steven King, right?
Yeah, the dork with the glasses.
His thrillers, like the Stand, probably the best book ever written, although it gets stupid and boring following that Fran girl, and Pet Sematary, about dead ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 17, 2001
Pros: Desperation terrifies with anything from real risks to supernatural peril
Cons: Desperation will scare your socks off, not for the timid!
Summary: Desperation.
It's a little town in the deep desert. It's a state of mind. It's the state of mind some darn interesting people are in throughout every page of this gripping fear-fest by Stephen King that begins in plausible psychological ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 22, 2001
Pros: It is Stephen King.
Cons: It scared me!
Summary: I am on a personal mission to read every book that Stephen King has written. It started when I was seventeen and received a copy of The Tommyknockers for Christmas. After reading just that one book I was hooked and knew that I had to get a hold ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 13, 2001
Pros: Stephen King's talent as a writer
Cons: None
Summary: Stephen King has done it again. This is a story that really gets to you. It lets you get to know the characters. You feel the need to root for them to survive and hope for the evil element in the story to be conquered. The feelings of the characters ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 6, 2001
Pros: great characters, different plot
Cons: somewhat predictable
Summary: That's right, I enjoyed this novel greatly. It has everything, and I would read it again if time permitted. I guess it may not be as scary as some of King's other books, but it certainly is as good. However, I did notice that King used many of the same ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 2000
Pros: Original ideas
Cons: some parts are a tiny bit hard to follow
Summary: Stephen King is genuois! I knew he was good but this book proved it. It was an original idea with original evils. It was just as descriptive as any Stephen king novel,too .The story kept me reading and reading like some addiction. I was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 13, 2000
Pros: A King Classic
Cons: None
Summary: Just finished reading the book Desperation by my favorite author Stephen King and I have to say that it was another typical King thriller. This man is literally the "king" of the thriller/mystery genre ( sorry about that pun ) and he ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 30, 2000
Pros: Great visuals and storytelling
Cons: None
Summary: Even though I'm an adult, this book scared me. A lot. I realized more than once that the hair on my arms was standing up as I read.
I've read nearly all of King's books, and this one is definitely in my top three as far as sheer terror is ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 24, 2000
Pros: Plenty of heart stopping scenes and discoveries to make you reel and want to keep reading at the same time.
Cons: Many characters, reguires active reading to fully understand.
Summary: When I saw this book in the store I hadn't heard of it, and I had been disappointed by some of my previous "horror" endeavors. But this book made me scared to sleep without a light on. Stephen King struck a cord of one of my many ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 9, 2000
Pros: The detailed descriptions of the characters
Cons: Not finishing the book
Summary: I read this book a while ago and I don't remember if I finished it or not, but what sticks in my mind about this book is King's descriptions of the Cop character, alluring.
This is a story about different groups of people, a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 30, 2000
Pros: Thoughtful Questions on the Nature of Fate and God
Cons: Spiders, Scorpions, and Slaughter
Summary: "I don't want to! Haven't I done enough? Everything you asked? This isn't fair! THIS ISN'T FAIR AND I DON'T WANT TO!"--David Carver, Desperation
Contains Plot Spoilers!
Imagine asking God for ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 20, 2000
Pros: can't stop reading
Cons: can't stop reading
Summary: "Desperation" is a companion book of sorts to King's "The Regulators". There's the same villain, and some character names are the same, even though the characters themselves are not. For instance, a couple in "Regulators" ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 7, 2000
Pros: You will not want to put it down!
Cons: none
Summary: Desperation was the latest of many Stephen King books that I have read. I was not surprised at how I thoroughly enjoyed this story. As in his usual style, Stephen King left me spellbound by the end of each chapter! Desperation was a gory story leaving me ... read more
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