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Oct 01, 2017yo918 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I have always considered myself a huge fan of Stephen King, read every one of his books as soon as they came out, considered The Stand my all time favorite for quite a few years. I've been thinking his last few books were maybe just a bit...lazy? But this one is pure garbage, and it seems King's social justice warrior stance and his hatred of all things Trump have finally driven him a bit over the edge into loony liberal land. I could try and forgive this mess, and just hope this was his effort to help his son's career get going by doing a name ride-by a la John Patterson and his almost weekly "and with" efforts...it's no secret that publisher's today figure it's okay letting some unknown author do most of the work and then slapping a big name on as a collaboration, that it'll sell no matter how putrid. But I honestly thought better of Stephen King. Too bad, apparently not. All I can say is that I couldn't even finish this. My former favorite author, and I quit after about half. If that doesn't say it all, go ahead and try it. You've been warned, though. I will say this much. I would bet serious money Owen wrote most of this and Dad agreed to stick his name on to help sales. Since it reads like a poor imitation of a Stephen King novel I am guessing that's what is to blame for this terrible effort. King senior should have left his name off this one.