Stephen King tends to write two kinds of books. One is where something , usually an inaminate object, is evil and evil things 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 and an unrelated car crash.
Despite wanting an ordinary life how does he cope 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.
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generation, it'sThe Dead Zone. Although it contains a horrific subplot about a serial killer, it isn't strictly a horror novel. It's the story of an unassuming high school ...
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generation, it's The Dead Zone. Although it contains a horrific subplot about a serial killer, it isn't strictly a horror novel. It's the story of an unassuming high schoo...
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generation, it'sThe Dead Zone.Although it contains a horrific subplot about a serial killer, it isn't strictly a horror novel. It's the story of an unassuming high school t...
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Aug 28th, 2008
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