Rating: 4/5 stars
Spoiler warning: I discuss the ending.
I would recommend this book for adults only. There is not only graphic violence and horror, but graphic sex as well. I gave the rating I did because I suspect King did some research, always a pain, but a plus for verisimilitude. Mostly, though, I rated it highly for other reasons. There is the tick-tick suspense at the end, reminiscent of the end of Kurt Vonnegut's Andromeda Strain. Mostly though I applaud King for his sharp delineation between good (e.g., the idyllic Lou Reed-like Perfect Day and evil--the horror of Gauge's death and funeral). Our hero tries to make things right, only to reap just what he sows, to borrow from Reed's same song. An allusion to Reed would have been perfect. The missing star at the end is because cops aren't that dumb. House burned to ground, maybe to cover thongs up? Like needles stuck in corpses? 0ne or two in the corpse that was liberated from the town cemetery? And evidence of liberation carelessly thrown in MD's garage. Beaucoup evidence on MD's body of a really Hard Day's Night. But that's okay, 'cause when his dead wife's home, it's implied, she'll make him feel all right. No, I think the cops would have a few more questions for the neighbor across the street. And how'd that double-dead cat get full of morphine?
Note: To some extent I was guided by Amazon's questions.
Spoiler warning: I discuss the ending.
I would recommend this book for adults only. There is not only graphic violence and horror, but graphic sex as well. I gave the rating I did because I suspect King did some research, always a pain, but a plus for verisimilitude. Mostly, though, I rated it highly for other reasons. There is the tick-tick suspense at the end, reminiscent of the end of Kurt Vonnegut's Andromeda Strain. Mostly though I applaud King for his sharp delineation between good (e.g., the idyllic Lou Reed-like Perfect Day and evil--the horror of Gauge's death and funeral). Our hero tries to make things right, only to reap just what he sows, to borrow from Reed's same song. An allusion to Reed would have been perfect. The missing star at the end is because cops aren't that dumb. House burned to ground, maybe to cover thongs up? Like needles stuck in corpses? 0ne or two in the corpse that was liberated from the town cemetery? And evidence of liberation carelessly thrown in MD's garage. Beaucoup evidence on MD's body of a really Hard Day's Night. But that's okay, 'cause when his dead wife's home, it's implied, she'll make him feel all right. No, I think the cops would have a few more questions for the neighbor across the street. And how'd that double-dead cat get full of morphine?
Note: To some extent I was guided by Amazon's questions.