The Dead Zone - Stephen King > Reviews

Advantages: A good rivetting read
Disadvantages: Some might not like the early style

...was my first introduction to the weird world of Stephen King. It hooked me. The Dead Zone was responsible for a marked decline of interest in anything that wasn't supernatural, thought-provoking and downright bizarre. Based around the life of John Smith, this is a tale about the gift of Pyschometry, a paranormal activity that involves receiving psychic signals from whomever or whatever the person touches. John received a head injury as a child ... Read review

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 ... Read review

Advantages: King before he ran out of gas.
Disadvantages: You may feel sorry for the hero.

...and this is one of the best of them. But I think he has ambitions to be taken seriously by the EngLit crowd too, and there are themes in all of his books. The Dead Zone may represent the first appearance of a theme he more famously explores in Christine: the American cult of the automobile. The book's hero, John Smith, acquires a psychic talent in childhood when he injures his head skating on "cleared ice" at one corner of which "two rubber tires ... Read review

Advantages: GREAT READ VERY GRIPPING
Disadvantages: fantasy, it's noticibly fictacious

...novel. i was honestly on the edge of my seat for the most of it. this is yet another outstanding achievement by Stephen King. the reader is skillfully lured into another of Stephen King's fantasies and it is truly an unforgettable experience. there are countless twists and turns and although this may be irritating and hard to follow with some novels, it was very successful in 'The Dead Zone'. The main character's life is turned upside down after a ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent reading, makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Disadvantages: None

...to feel rather sick. On the way back to the car they stop at a the Wheel of Fortune stand. Here Johnny gets some strong vibes and wins five hundred and forty dollars. After driving Sarah home he calls a cab from Sarah's apartment. On the journey back to his house the cab crashes head on into a car thats been racing in the street. Johnny is sent through the windcscreen. Johnny ends up in a coma. The shock sends his already deeply religous mother ... Read review

Advantages: Great read, gripping and original
Disadvantages: Has been overshadowed by the screen evrsion

...disappointed, well not much anyway. The problem was, I watched David Cronenberg's excellent movie version first, and some of the segemnts of the original novel seemed out of place when compared to that film. Not to say this isn't bad though! The story tells of a schoolteacher who has a road accident. he is left in a coma for 5 years, after which he awakes to find everyone else in his life has moved on, having assumed he was dead. Not only that, but ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping Storyline
Disadvantages: Where did the storyline go?

...Dead Zone. As you begin the story, you get sucked in. The hairs start to stand up on the back of your neck. You know exactly what is going to happen next......or do you? I thought I did and I was pleasantly surprised and wrong all the way through 3/4 of the book! I couldn't put the book down - it became a needful thing. What the heck happened at the end though? Did SK run out of time/energy/inspiration, or did he hand the script over to his pet ... Read review

Advantages: Story, plot, moral
Disadvantages: Long read

...'romped' up, whilst still using the usual safety features. The hero ( an ordinary type of man ), struggles to resolve the power he has obtained after an accident. The reader must resolve the question : Is the ability to see the future, a blessing or a curse? Through Johnny we come to realise the difficulties ( ethically and morally )that are a neccessary element to what some would class as a 'gift'. Of all the King novels I have read so far...this ... Read review

Advantages: Compelling
Disadvantages: Goes on a bit during the end

...a series that wasn't quite the same as the book. From what I remember it\'s about a man who had a car crash a went into a coma for 5 yrs and when he came out of it he could see things that had happened and were going to happen in the future, when he touched an object or a person. I could go into more detail but that would be spoiling the story for future readers. By the way I thought this was a regular book review not an audio book review. Sorry. ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastically written, plenty of suspense
Disadvantages: A little confusing in some places

This is the second Stephen King book I've read, and again, it's fantastic. The book is very in-depth, describing Johnny's relationship with Sarah very well, and really makes the reader empathise with Johnny, especially when Sarah goes off with Walt. The Dead Zone is a sensational, thrilling story about a man named Johnny Smith who is in a car accident, and is stuck in a coma for five years. When he awakes, the world is very different, and so is ... Read review

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: none

The story is about a chap called John Smith.John Smith doesn't realise that there is anything special about him after he hit his head after falling on the ice at age six. But during his growing years, he has occasional pre-cognitive flashes. When he hits his early twenties, he thinks he's pretty normal... he's a good teacher, he has a nice apartment, and he's in love with a beautiful girl. One night, he and Susan, his girlfriend, go to a fair. ... Read review