Hello my dear readers!
I've read some reviews about "The Dead Zone" and want to share with you my thoughts about it. It was really interesting what people think about it.
The first review I`ve read was written by
Amy "...When the whole mess with Frank Dodd comes to light, and the reader realizes that Johnny may use his psychic abilities for a higher purpose...that's when it really starts to get good. It's a great thriller..."I completely agree with the author of this review. The episode with Frank Dod was very exciting. I wondered about how they will find the killer(Frank Dod), what he will do etc.and most of all I was surprised at the end of the story( with Frank Dod).
Another review was written by Eric Althoff "While Stephen King has rightfully garnered a reputation as a horror writer, some of his best fiction revolves around stories of everyday humanity affected by elements of the supernatural. After awakening from a five-year coma, John Smith has come back from the ether with a clairvoyance to see certain futures and hidden pasts of others by touch alone. Opting to use his powers for good, John is called upon for such tasks as helping the police to catch an elusive rapist. But when he shakes hands with a political candidate at a rally, he sees a future in which the candidate will initiate nuclear holocaust as president, which leads John to the ultimate dilemma of altering a potentially uncertain future, perhaps even sacrificing himself in the process.
As in his other writing, King's characters breathe and live on the page. While this is indeed a book about a supernatural ability, how John lives after his accident as well as how other people around him react to him and his new ability is what gives the novel true heart. We feel for him because he comes out of his coma an altered man, alternately awed and feared by those who cannot understand what it is to receive an unwanted gift for psychic vision. And we feel for John as he wrestles with the possibly that assassinating the politican will lead to his probable death or his incarceration. And is the future he glimpsed even certain? This is one of the best supernatural fiction works out there.
(Note: Christopher Walken, who played John Smith in the subpar film version, parodied himself in a hilarious SNL sketch in the early 90s in which his character foresaw utterly useless details about those he touched, e.g, "You're going to eat an ice cream too fast...you're gonna get a brain freeze...it's gonna hurt...")".
In my opinion there you really feel the main characters, you worry about them and want to know what will happen next. I think it's important to fell the characters to plunge in atmosphereof the book.
So, I'm sure that many people will like this book.
I've read some reviews about "The Dead Zone" and want to share with you my thoughts about it. It was really interesting what people think about it.
The first review I`ve read was written by
Amy "...When the whole mess with Frank Dodd comes to light, and the reader realizes that Johnny may use his psychic abilities for a higher purpose...that's when it really starts to get good. It's a great thriller..."I completely agree with the author of this review. The episode with Frank Dod was very exciting. I wondered about how they will find the killer(Frank Dod), what he will do etc.and most of all I was surprised at the end of the story( with Frank Dod).
Another review was written by Eric Althoff "While Stephen King has rightfully garnered a reputation as a horror writer, some of his best fiction revolves around stories of everyday humanity affected by elements of the supernatural. After awakening from a five-year coma, John Smith has come back from the ether with a clairvoyance to see certain futures and hidden pasts of others by touch alone. Opting to use his powers for good, John is called upon for such tasks as helping the police to catch an elusive rapist. But when he shakes hands with a political candidate at a rally, he sees a future in which the candidate will initiate nuclear holocaust as president, which leads John to the ultimate dilemma of altering a potentially uncertain future, perhaps even sacrificing himself in the process.
As in his other writing, King's characters breathe and live on the page. While this is indeed a book about a supernatural ability, how John lives after his accident as well as how other people around him react to him and his new ability is what gives the novel true heart. We feel for him because he comes out of his coma an altered man, alternately awed and feared by those who cannot understand what it is to receive an unwanted gift for psychic vision. And we feel for John as he wrestles with the possibly that assassinating the politican will lead to his probable death or his incarceration. And is the future he glimpsed even certain? This is one of the best supernatural fiction works out there.
(Note: Christopher Walken, who played John Smith in the subpar film version, parodied himself in a hilarious SNL sketch in the early 90s in which his character foresaw utterly useless details about those he touched, e.g, "You're going to eat an ice cream too fast...you're gonna get a brain freeze...it's gonna hurt...")".
In my opinion there you really feel the main characters, you worry about them and want to know what will happen next. I think it's important to fell the characters to plunge in atmosphereof the book.
So, I'm sure that many people will like this book.
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