The scariest part for me was the whole first part of the book dealing with the spreading of Captain Tripps. SK brilliantly described it from the highest scientific level right down to the individual people passing it on to each other one by one. The fact that an epidemic like this could take the world down easily scares me to death. I literally had a panic attack over the Ebola outbreak last year!
The other part that will haunt me forever was how Lloyd forgot about his pet rabbit for two weeks. I hate it when harm befalls pets and animals in books and movies! And what a way for the poor thing to go. Even before I read The Stand I occasionally had nightmares about finding my own childhood pets (that had long since passed away in real life) still alive in the basement, but since I hadn't realized they were there, I hadn't fed then or given them water in months. So, of course reading that bit about Lloyd disturbed the hell out of me.
The other part that will haunt me forever was how Lloyd forgot about his pet rabbit for two weeks. I hate it when harm befalls pets and animals in books and movies! And what a way for the poor thing to go. Even before I read The Stand I occasionally had nightmares about finding my own childhood pets (that had long since passed away in real life) still alive in the basement, but since I hadn't realized they were there, I hadn't fed then or given them water in months. So, of course reading that bit about Lloyd disturbed the hell out of me.