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Title: It's almost hard to believe the writer is Stephen King
Review: This books starts out ok, but goes downhill fast. I have a theory about why that is. The start of the book is all action. When the action tapers off, the character development takes over. It's at that point I had to check the cover to see if I had the right author? The characters never develop beyond cardboard cutouts. The dialogue, usually a King strong point, just doesn't ring true. Has anyone also noticed King resorts to corny sentiment in place of character development thesedays. The prose in some parts is mind-numbingly bad as well. I have read a lot of King books, and even though the story sometimes fails to deliver, the writing never does. This book will be marked down as an aberration by true king fans(not the mindless ones who have given it 5 stars here).
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