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Jean
01-19-2012, 08:44 AM
Roadwork, 1981
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Roadwork_face.jpg

Please vote for Roadwork (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadwork) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

frik
01-19-2012, 11:20 AM
Good book - not great.

sk

Jean
01-19-2012, 11:23 AM
I absolutely adore this book. It broke my heart. It is my personal special favorite

Jon
01-19-2012, 11:42 AM
Good book - not great.

sk


A great book - not good.
:P

flaggwalkstheline
01-19-2012, 12:31 PM
roadwork is probably my second favorite bachman book (after regulators)
i loves me some bachman

Jean
01-19-2012, 12:34 PM
wow, a second "loved" vote! thank you flagg!

divemaster
01-19-2012, 12:41 PM
I voted 5. This is my favorite Bachman book. From a reader's perspective I realize it might not be the best Bachman book, or the most exciting, but how George handled his life crashing in all around him was very moving. The idea of the "circuit breaker" in one's head that allows us to do things sortof parallel to our more logical, ordered lives...it brings to mind Billy Joel's song The Stranger--the part we keep hidden until it appears unexpectedly and kcks us right between the eyes.

At the end, the explosion was not all that great--no bigger than a walnut. That phrase was a kick to the gut, given what we know George has been going through.

A man grasping at the straws of sanity until all the straws are gone. Great story.

Jean
01-19-2012, 12:46 PM
so, it is your "loved" vote! (since there are only two, and one is mine)


I voted 5. This is my favorite Bachman book. From a reader's perspective I realize it might not be the best Bachman book, or the most exciting, but how George handled his life crashing in all around him was very moving. The idea of the "circuit breaker" in one's head that allows us to do things sortof parallel to our more logical, ordered lives...it brings to mind Billy Joel's song The Stranger--the part we keep hidden until it appears unexpectedly and kcks us right between the eyes.

At the end, the explosion was not all that great--no bigger than a walnut. That phrase was a kick to the gut, given what we know George has been going through.

A man grasping at the straws of sanity until all the straws are gone. Great story.
Perfectly stated! bears love

flaggwalkstheline
01-19-2012, 01:26 PM
just voted 5, hadnt noticed the voting thingy before lol

mae
01-19-2012, 02:41 PM
just voted 5, hadnt noticed the voting thingy before lol

Please vote in every poll!

Ben Staad
01-19-2012, 04:41 PM
I've never read this...:redface:

Iwritecode
01-20-2012, 09:09 AM
I voted a 1. I just didn't connect with this story at all even though I've read it 2 or 3 times.

Jean
01-20-2012, 09:22 AM
: sad bear :

Patrick
01-23-2012, 07:02 PM
I read this book a long time ago, and remember almost nothing about it - either positively or negatively. Based on that, I would give it a 2.

However, since I have not yet voted, maybe I'll track down a copy and do a re-read before voting.

How much time do I have? When does this poll close?

Jean
01-24-2012, 12:10 AM
I'll start slowly closing it on Friday. You can have read it by then: it's tiny. Bears love it so much...

Patrick
01-24-2012, 11:10 AM
Ok, Jean, I'll see if I can track down a copy.

I hear, ROADWORK, and I think of the DOLAN'S CADILLAC storyline. I liked DOLAN'S quite a lot.

Jean
01-24-2012, 11:12 AM
oh no... nothing of the kind...

Patrick
01-24-2012, 11:46 AM
oh no... nothing of the kind...
Yeah, that's why I need to read, ROADWORK. So I can separate it in my mind.

Shawn
01-24-2012, 11:51 AM
i havent got to read this either ... gotta go pick it up and check it out

Shannon
01-24-2012, 06:04 PM
Haven't read it.

Heather19
01-25-2012, 12:46 PM
I absolutely adore this book. It broke my heart. It is my personal special favorite

Hmmm, I've still yet to read this one. I'll have to check it out. I'm taking special notice of your votes Jean :couple:

Jean
01-26-2012, 02:36 AM
I absolutely adore this book. It broke my heart. It is my personal special favorite

Hmmm, I've still yet to read this one. I'll have to check it out. I'm taking special notice of your votes Jean :couple:
as I am of yours! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bearmood_inlove.gif

Jean
01-27-2012, 10:52 PM
last chance to vote! the poll is closing!

Garrell
01-28-2012, 12:13 AM
Sadly I am in the not read column:( Read Rage (loved it), Running Man (loved also) and Long Walk (where is a movie for this? awesome story). Need to finish on the RB trail.

pathoftheturtle
01-28-2012, 11:43 AM
I voted a 1. I just didn't connect with this story at all even though I've read it 2 or 3 times.

I can understand that. But it's a good book if it happens that one can to relate to it.

mae
01-30-2012, 07:01 AM
The poll has closed. Roadwork has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.894736842 or 77.89%, placing 5th (last) in this bracket. It will not be moving on to Round 2.

divemaster
01-30-2012, 07:06 AM
Boooooo!

Jean
01-30-2012, 07:46 AM
GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

Patrick
02-12-2012, 10:05 PM
Now that I've read it... If I could still vote on this one, I'd give it a 5.

Jean
02-12-2012, 11:49 PM
Now that I've read it... If I could still vote on this one, I'd give it a 5.
Patrick, bears love you!!!!!!!!!!! Don't fail to vote next year, this novel doesn't get one tenth of the love it deserves!
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Patrick
02-13-2012, 11:39 PM
Now that I've read it... If I could still vote on this one, I'd give it a 5.
Patrick, bears love you!!!!!!!!!!! Don't fail to vote next year, this novel doesn't get one tenth of the love it deserves!
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If you don't see me posting when the poll is open, set yourself a reminder to smack me upside the head to wake me up.



Fantastic story. I'm at an age and experience level now that I appreciate the telling far more than I did when I first read it 20 or so years ago.

divemaster
02-14-2012, 06:36 PM
Now that I've read it... If I could still vote on this one, I'd give it a 5.\
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Fantastic story. I'm at an age and experience level now that I appreciate the telling far more than I did when I first read it 20 or so years ago.


Yeah, it really is one of those stories that probably speaks more to a more mature or life-experienced reader than one expecting "King horror." This is one of those books that confirms how well King knows human character. It will always be near the top of my King list.

Jean
02-15-2012, 05:14 AM
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johnsmith87
02-18-2012, 11:57 AM
Now that I've read it... If I could still vote on this one, I'd give it a 5.\
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Fantastic story. I'm at an age and experience level now that I appreciate the telling far more than I did when I first read it 20 or so years ago.


Yeah, it really is one of those stories that probably speaks more to a more mature or life-experienced reader than one expecting "King horror." This is one of those books that confirms how well King knows human character. It will always be near the top of my King list.

Which is ironic, considering King was so young when he wrote it. Personally, this was probably one of my least favorites. Just couldn't connect with it.