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janellyyh's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
joanneburns's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
elfflame's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
whitaar's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A bit of a simplistic story for King. With a little editing should have been sold as teen fiction.
dragonflymorning's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not a big fan of horror. I generally avoid it, but I really love Stephen King's general fiction books. His writing is just so smooth. This tale was very much in the same vein as his more recent Fairy Tale, which I really enjoyed, and this one was much less gory.
sarahetc's review against another edition
5.0
It's funny-- I first read of/heard of this book at age 13, after I read my first Stephen King novel, It.* And then I just never got around to it. King kept writing and I kept reading and sometimes I read a lot of King and sometimes I ignored him for awhile and some things appeal and some things don't and I didn't get around to it for another 34 years. And then I finished another book late at night and didn't have anything else close to hand, so I read it.
And it was grand. Grand in the best possible way. You can tell King is writing with genuine love-- for his daughter, for his metaverse, for his characters, for his plans for Flagg et al., for love of just writing a story. It's wonderful as a self-contained drama if you never, ever read any other King. And it's wonderful as a short story in the larger quest for the Dark Tower. Much better than The Wind Through the Keyhole. But I digress.
I wonder what else I think I should have read circa 1990. I should figure it out and get on those.
And it was grand. Grand in the best possible way. You can tell King is writing with genuine love-- for his daughter, for his metaverse, for his characters, for his plans for Flagg et al., for love of just writing a story. It's wonderful as a self-contained drama if you never, ever read any other King. And it's wonderful as a short story in the larger quest for the Dark Tower. Much better than The Wind Through the Keyhole. But I digress.
I wonder what else I think I should have read circa 1990. I should figure it out and get on those.
alwatts021's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
sarahfeats's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
2.5
jcoryv's review against another edition
5.0
I'm not sure how I'd never heard of this book until a couple months ago and I'm not sure if this was the first Flagg book, but regardless I thoroughly enjoyed it. Parts seemed a bit unpolished, but I'm not sure if I would've noticed if I hadn't known it was an older King book.