Bracket #2: Firestarter (1980)

[mae]

Firestarter, 1980

Please vote for Firestarter using the following scale:

• 5
• 4.5
• 4
• 3.5
• 3
• 2.5
• 2
• 1
• 0
• Never read

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

[mae]

Another seemingly under-appreciated novel. One of the quicker reads I've ever had, I think.

[stroppygoblin]

I nearly made this comment on the Carrie thread, but as it has been mentioned again here..

Personally I am scoring based on where in a range of 1 - 5 I feel a book is COMPARED to all the other SK books. This is the only way that makes sense to me as otherwise everything would be a 4 or a 5 as I (like most) are a big fan of ALL SK's works. So my though process is not how much did I like this book on a scale of 1 -5 but how would I rank it against my absolute favourites. So for me a '1' doesnt make it a book I dislike but one that is in the last 20% of all books by my ranking. In my mind, the scoring is more like 4.5 to 5.0 in .1 increments (if that makes sense )

[Sai Sheb]

Loved this book. Really got pulled in.. great

[amd013]

Can't believe 8 voters haven't read this. If I remember correctly, the movie was pretty faithful to the book. Definitely in my top 10.

[Heather19]

There's a lot of early King I have to read still. I'm hoping I've saved the best for last

[amd013]

Yes, early King is the best in my opinion.

[mae]

The poll has closed. Firestarter has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.954545455 or 79.09%. It received a rating of 4 with 7 votes.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Could have been a 5, but I will say 4.5, as I am reserving the 5 rating for the very best. This novel seems very unique and original. I love the Shop.