Originally Posted by
Bryant Burnette
Anyways, when I finally returned to the book a few years ago during the course of rereading my way through all of King's books, I absolutely loved it. I thought it was haunting, powerful stuff. I still think The Long Walk is King's best Bachman book, but this one ranks a close second for me.
By the way, in case you were wondering, the other King books I couldn't really get into during that initial period of discovery were Cujo and The Tommyknockers. Guess what? I ended up loving both of those when I finally returned to them, too. None of that surprises me, nor does it surprise me (in retrospect) that I couldn't wrap my arms around those three books. They've all got very adult themes, all related to tragedy and loss. At 15/16, I just wasn't able to understand those books, emotionally. Which is probably how it should be! They all work for me now, though.