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Title: "The horror. The horror."
Review: Having been an on and off Stephen King fan for many years, I picked this book up pretty quick. I had heard both good and bad comments about this one, so I wasn't sure what I was in for. I was so amazed by the first hundred pages. The way in which we are introduced to our main characters is brilliant. The flashbacks to childhood days in Derry are well timed and never grow repetitive.What will stick with my are the suttle and not so suttle references to Conrad's Heart of Darkness, as well as Apocalypse Now. Imagine Conrad's amazement at the story of the Congo River becoming Vietnam, and now the Maine wilderness.If you haven't read this yet, as Duddits would say, "got some work to do now."
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