Stephen King - Dreamcatcher

Pros: Memorable characters and well-paced suspense: the Good King
Cons: Outlandish plot devices and an emphasis on body fluids: the Bad King

As part of his therapy while recovering from a near-fatal traffic accident two years ago, Stephen King must have dieted on a strange brew of space invader movies from the 1950s, episodes of The X-Files and boxes of Twinkies. The man undoubtedly...

Pros: Scarier than Bag of Bones; shorter than The Stand.
Cons: Graphic gross-outs give new meaning to the term 'chewing up the scenery'.

As most of us know, something weird happened when Eerie Spookmeister Stephen King ran out of ideas, around the publication of the embarrassing Tommyknockers. Since then, our Maine Man has fessed up to problems writing coherently under the...

Pros: Great characters, fast reading (even though it's 600+ pages long)
Cons: Not King's best writing

I have always believed that it must be hard to be a brand new writer. A new writer has to make the right contacts with the most influential people. He sweats over whether the readers will ever embrace him. He worries about whether he is a fraud or...

Pros: King's constant fun with words
Cons: I missed the tie-in, I guess...

If you stripped the name Stephen King from the book, true fans would still know he wrote it. No one can play with words the way the King can, and he once again weaves an unusual tale that leaves the reader nicely satisfied. Well, mostly. Dreamcatcher ...

Pros: Good characters, some decent gore.
Cons: Borrows too many ideas from King's earlier work

Dreamcatcher
By Stephen King

There was a time in my life when the arrival of each new work of horror from master of the macabre Stephen King would bring me joy. I can remember waiting with a great deal of anticipation for each new novel...

Pros: I was thrilled to see a new King novel out there.
Cons: A lot of borrowed concepts from his other novels - very long.

His wife Tabitha called it “the one with the sh!t weasels” for a good reason.

This novel of Stephen King’s runs somewhere up the middle of his works - not as scary as “It” or as well written as “Bag of Bones”, but I think a worthy read. As...

Pros: Enjoyable read; good character development
Cons: Too many long periods without anything really scary; some jokes beat into the ground

Steven King's Dreamcatcher, while somewhat disappointing, is a suspenseful ride through the minds of ordinary guys fighting to protect themselves, and the entire world, from an alien attack. These creatures attack physically by entering the human ...

Pros: compelling story, many elements of a good horror book
Cons: characters fell flat

The story was captivating, the gore was horrifying, and Dreamcatcher by Stephen King will probably become a bestseller, but something was missing. King’s characters, usually one of his strongest points in a novel, fell flat in...

Pros: -New territory for King
Cons: -Recycled characters -Not scary

DreamcatcherStephen KingPublished 2001I am a firm believer in the fact that Stephen King has written his way into being more than just a writer.  A book with his name on it gets instant success and instant marketing ...

Pros: A fairly quick read for its length, good character development
Cons: Relatively narrow scope, kind of a silly premise when you get right down to it

Man, book reviews are hard. This has to be the 17th time I've started this one, and chances are, it still sucks. But I digress.

Dreamcatcher is a 2001 novel from the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mr. Stephen King. It's not just...

Pros: Very intense, excellently written.
Cons: None.

Dreamcatcher is a sci-fi thriller that only gets better and better as it continues. It starts ...

Pros: suspenseful pageturner, great character development
Cons: incredibly stupid plot line

I never thought that I would give a Stephen King book anything less than 4 stars, but it's about to happen. I actually considered giving it two stars, but I realized that I likely wouldn't have finished a 2 star book. The only reason I actually...

Pros: Good characters, weird but entertaining plot.
Cons: Weird, but entertaining plot, the weasels...

Stephen King’s latest novel is certainly not one of his best. However, it’s good to remember that King at his worst is still equal to your average Dean Koontz novel or to John Saul at his absolute best. In the end, despite some major obstacles, the...

Pros: Many likable characters. Fascinating subplot involving one man's mind being possessed.
Cons: Abrupt ending feels as though Mr. King ran out of time and needed to finish.

Oh I came so close, so very close to recommending Dreamcatcher. Hell, for a while it was a potentially highly recommended book, but then, just like a dream that rushes abruptly to conclusion when one slowly emerges from a slumber, Stephen King...

Pros: If you enjoy early Stephen King, you'll like this.
Cons: May be too long for comic book readers.

Imagine that you and your buddies are back in the deep woods of Maine on your annual hunting trip in November and unusual and strange things start happening. Like while you’re up in your tree stand and a disoriented stranger stops at the base of the tree...