Bracket #11: The Colorado Kid (2005)

[mae]

The Colorado Kid, 2005
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Please vote for The Colorado Kid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colorado_Kid) 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.

[St. Troy]

Never read...need to catch up.

[amd013]

Intriguing, but not much to it.

[jsmcmullen92]

ending is a let down but at the same time I enjoyed it.

[Randall Flagg]

Blah. Gave it a 3.

[Sai Sheb]

Never read...

[Jean]

2.5

the story was good, but I hated the writing. I really can't stand it when SK starts imitating speech, with always the same bywords, adages, puns, the whole syntax. Maybe I feel it as acutely being a foreigner; but it does sound as if he only can reproduce one manner of speech, and whenever an older SK character starts talking, it's as if it is still one and the same person, who was annoying enough to begin with, and would be even if alone.

Another thing is that the writer who so convincingly wrote once that no writer should approach a subject he doesn't know all the intricacies of (the example of a mansion was given, if I am not mistaken, in On Writing - that the author must know the meaning of the words like "gable" and such) - well, such an author can't seriously talk about a "chervonetz" coin found in the pocket at the time when the action takes place.

[Jon]

I'd give this a 2.0 but it is set in Maine so I'll give it another 0.5 for a King book set in such a new place /S.

I understand that he may be limited by means and cannot afford a plane ticket to many exotic places.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2. And that was generous. Worst ending ever. It’s like he just quit.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

2.5

the story was good, but I hated the writing. I really can't stand it when SK starts imitating speech, with always the same bywords, adages, puns, the whole syntax. .

I actually listed to the audiobook, which was well narrated, and this was the only reason this book got a 2 instead of a 1.

[mae]

The poll has closed. The Colorado Kid has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.000000000 or 60.00%. It received a rating of 3 with 7 votes.