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Donald Trump still living rent free in Stephen King’s head…

Revisado: 09-01-21

King is getting tiresomely political in his old age. Yes, he at least tried to depict the Marines of the 5th Regiment in al-Anbar province Iraq during the Fallujah conflicts. I was there, in that unit, and he did an okay job. Not great but… better than most maybe. But then his hero gets swept up in a quest to assassinate an evil media magnate (named Roger) that owns THAT RIGHT WING TRUMP LOVING CHANNEL (Fox), and avenge a victim of pedophilia… let me stop there. The constant Trump references snd snarky political commentary are things that King’s editors leave in to indulge him. If he weren’t who he is with such great earlier work and such massive sales, he’d have been better edited or demoted to hackdom and ignored. Maybe it’s time to put the “master” out to pasture. A decent book, but nothing special. Just another aging author in his dotage, not exactly phoning it in, but maybe not too far off from it.

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Compelling

Revisado: 08-06-18

This is one of those books that is guaranteed to get conversations going. The scope of the story is rather timeless. A great mix of natural history and political drama from a faraway land. Read it!

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Compelling but bizarre

Revisado: 12-10-16

This book is a bit slow to start but picks up steam with time. The characters are very rich in that you will either sympathize with them or utterly despise them. The narration was excellent, particularly in fleshing out the characters' personalities (especially Gina who was just an awful person all the way through).
The plot was lurid but strangely prudish as well. It can't seem to decide whether to go for it and show us the dark side or tiptoe around it in a failed attempt at subtlety. It would have been better to either dive into the squalor head first or to avoid unsavory topics all together. The insinuation without consummation made for thin gruel at times. If we're going to do lesbian prostitution and faux snuff bondage, let's not try to pass it off as Little Women meets Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Overall a good read. Like a mutual fund, its worth doing if you have the time to delay some gratification until later. My two cents...

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Unlikable author

Revisado: 06-22-16

While it was an interesting adventure, this is a trite manifesto to utter self absorption.

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Not the Outsiders by any means

Revisado: 06-10-16

Narrator appeared to have a learning disability. Story was equally stunted and drooling. Avoid it.

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