Roadwork, 1981
Please vote for Roadwork 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.
Bracket #2: Roadwork (1981)
Roadwork, 1981
Please vote for Roadwork 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.
This book had some moments but all in all was just okay. It felt a little clunky to me.
5
I expect to stay alone here, but it's one of my favorite books in all literature. Outstanding, and totally unlike the rest of King.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Never Read for me.
Wow, voting's all over the place on this one.
3.5. Felt slightly above average for me, but this is another one that is deserving of a long overdue reread.
Sloth Love Chunk
with bears and IWriteCode as bookendsOriginally Posted by pablo
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yea, I just never really connected with this story or the main character at all. It’s not my least favorite, but certainly towards the bottom.with bears and IWriteCode as bookends
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I have read this story numerous times as part of The Bachman Books. Over the years my re-reads tended to be just of the individual stories and I would always read in order of my preference (as opposed to the order of the book). This would be
1. The Long Walk
2. The Running Man
3. Rage
4. Roadwork
Because of this, over the years Roadwork tended to get neglected and its probably been 10 years since I read it last. Just before Christmas however, I downloaded all 4 books separately to my kindle and just happened to see it in the list when I was on a flight. I found myself thoroughly enjoying the story and have rated it far higher than I would previously. Maybe as you get older, you connect to it more?
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
yes, that must be true
maybe when you're as old as bears you'll give it a 5 too (instead of the miserly 3.5!)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3.5 for me
Along with Jean, I believe I am this novel's greatest champion on these boards.
5
yes! bears have been waiting for you! now they are not alone
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hopefully we can break the tie.
The poll has closed. Roadwork has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.571428571 or 71.43%. It received a rating of 4/3.5 with 6 votes.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
