Progress Book #30 of 100
This was a big book and the first Stephen King novel I have completed. I already knew the story before reading because we watched the miniseries. This is a case where the novel is way better than the film version. The story follows the few survivors of the world after a virus is released from a military lab and most of the population die. The few that survive dream that they need to travel and meet an old lady and have nightmares of an evil presence. It is a battle of good vs. evil and there are a few characters that that you aren't sure which category they fit into. Despite being a big novel, it was a straight forward read it moved along at a good pace. I think watching the miniseries was helpful too, since it establish who was who. If I had just read the book I think it would have taken longer to figure out each character and their role. That is the one major complaint that I have with the book. There were characters that I really liked and wanted to see what happened to them next, but the novel would move on to a different story line for a good amount of pages before it got back to who you wanted to read about. So I guess there is a patience factor that was hard for me to deal with.
Overall it was an interesting story. I'm not sure if I'll ready other novels by Stephen King, but am happy that one of his most popular ones is on our list and that I was able to read it.
I'll give the book a 90%, A-
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