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Advantages: Well crafted with a point
Disadvantages: none

...happen because of it. and the other is where a person expresses, usually latent, psychic powers, such as telekinessis, pyrokinessis, telepathy etc. the story then flows around how they cope with their powers then led them into bizarre situations within a normal world. The Dead Zone falls into this category and this book is a blinder. A well crafted story of a guy who has psychic visions and how his life is turned upside down by both the visions ...
...with this extraordinary gift? and the extraordinary responsibilities that come with it? This is not a horror in the true sense of the word. It's not a blood and guts book, or one that make's you need a flashlight under the bed sheets. Instead it is a touching story of one man's struggle to rebuild his life and do what's right. It's one of the few books that I can reread again and again. ... Read review

Advantages: Feels like you know the characters
Disadvantages: Ermmmm

The Long Walk is a book written by Stephen King under the pen name Richard Bachman. It is part of the Bachman Books which are all set in the future. It is the story about several different men and their journey through the country as they take part in a gruelling 450 mile long marathon which is the ultimate sports challenge. With merciless heat and limited rations, their prize if they win is a huge amount of money. Most of the men die and the book ...
...who are taking part. The Long Walk was written by King in 1966 but even today , it is read by many people. It is an excellent read and i would recommend it to anyone who liked horror books. You would like this book if you liked Rage or The Running Man. ... Read review

Advantages: The Plot And Storyline Is Immense
Disadvantages: Complicated In Some Parts - Read Properly If You Want Full Understanding :)

...I persuaded him to buy it for us and my brother to watch (ever do DVD nights? No, neither do we! But I thought it would be a nice change). I liked the film. Not really scary, but I really liked the idea of a killer clown. Imagine my delight when I heard there was a book out which apparently was absolutley brilliant. The main characters are The "Losers Club" : Beverly Marsh - The only female of the group.. A fiesty, pretty 11 year old redhead whose ...
...shape-shifting monster referred to as IT is killing innocent children, until seven wily youngsters fight back; The Losers Club. After individual and group encounters with IT - who takes the form of their biggest fears (but mostly as a terrifying clown named Pennywise) - the youngsters decide to destroy the creature. Enter the Ritual Of Chüd, fighting IT down in the sewers. Thinking they have destroyed IT, the 11 and 12 year olds soon go their separate ... Read review

Advantages: Easily read short stories
Disadvantages: A bit 'out there'

...took a route unknown, a strange highway, again for reasons unknown. The route he should have taken has now been torn down; it now belongs to a super highway that replaced it. So how, on his way home, is he sitting opposite this road that doesn’t exist? And why does he have a strong feeling that if he now takes this route his life could be put right, put back on the road to happiness? This story is all about putting things right, and what events ...
...how you would feel if one day you are catapulted back twenty years and you are having a conversation with someone you knew back then? The word I came up with is ‘huh?’ You would be so confused, especially if you had chosen to forget certain issues, which is exactly what has happened to the main character Shannon. Time and willpower has allowed him to forget, or bury, some things which should have haunted him. The writing gently leads you into one ... Read review

Advantages: Great action
Disadvantages: Could make you paranoid

I first read this novel about four years ago and remembered that I could not put it down, so when I was clearing out books to sell on Ebay I thought I’d read it again as I could not remember the exact ending. *THE STORYLINE* The novel is centred on the main character, Spencer Grant, and his adorable dog, Rocky. Grant is a loner and from the first chapter there are clues to his obvious torment of things in his past. A chance encounter with a waitress ...
...hope of a new life, but all is shattered when on his return visit to her, he finds she has fled. Curiosity leads him deep into her world, with false names and a life on the run, although who she is running from is unclear to him. He endeavours to find this mysterious woman. Eventually, he learns she is being chased by an unknown agency for the information she possesses, Grant knows he must help her, as the same people are now chasing him. *MY OPINION* ... Read review