A review by snowypineapples
The Stand by Stephen King

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a very good book, the story and plot and journey were incredible, thought provoking and interesting. However the conclusion to the plot is rather silly:

the literal hand of God appears in the sky

 
The silliness really ruined that part of the boom for me and although I loved the majority, there was lots of areas, not just that, where the boom felt like a chore to read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail