A review by irishdrew83
The Talisman by Peter Straub, Stephen King

5.0

As some of you may know from reading my album reviews, I like my albums to be a certain length. The same goes for movies, and books. As a rule the page limit is 500, and sometimes that is a stretch. There are exceptions, Graham Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods comes to mind. I find anything longer is full of filler, like a long movie. I've found another exception to add to the list. This is the first book I've read that had two authors. I can't even fathom how that would work. These two authors are Stephen King and Peter Straub, and the combination of their efforts is pure genius. This isn't horror. It's a suspenseful tale of fantasy full of emotion called The Talisman, and it's moved towards the top of my favorite novels list...

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A poem I wrote inspired by this novel - https://drewmartinwrites.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/the-talisman/