The Dead Zone - Stephen King Reviews

Gaining supernatural powers after an accident is something Stephen King has done more than once, Duma Key springs to mind for one. A happy trainee teacher is involved in a serious accident. He slips into a coma. When he wakes up his whole life has been turned upside down. Fiancee gone, and now he can see the evil in men's souls. The ...  Read the complete review

The Dead Zone was written by Stephen King more than 20 years ago, and was one of the very first of his many books that I read. Since then I have read it at least 4 or 5 times along with watching the film at least as many times. It will not be loved by those who are addicted to the horror/weird aspects of Stephen King's books. However, ...  Read the complete review

In the last few months I've gotten in to Bob Dylan, bought The Pearl by Brian Eno, read my way through the Hitchiker trilogy, not to mention experiencing what us mere mortals call 1984 by George Orwell. In retrospect it was a bad time to come back to The Dead Zone. When I read it two years ago it was thrilling and well crafted, ...  Read the complete review

Another superb work of fiction from the pen of Stephen King. I liked his earlier work alot and its good to see that he seems to be making something of a return to form with some of his recent work as well following a pretty poor spell where for me he tried to become too clever. Rose Madder, Deloris Clairborne, Gerald's Game, Needful Things ...  Read the complete review

This was my first introduction to the weird world of Stephen King. It hooked me. The Dead Zone was responsible for a marked decline of interest in anything that wasn't supernatural, thought-provoking and downright bizarre. Based around the life of John Smith, this is a tale about the gift of Pyschometry, a paranormal activity that ...  Read the complete review

This was the first Stephen King book I read, and it lead me to read more. The opener of the book catches you immediately, unlike other books that drone on until something starts happening. The main storyline is about a man called Johnny Smith who is involved in a serious car crash and ends up in a coma for 5 years. When he awakes, he is ...  Read the complete review

If any of King's novels exemplifies his skill at portraying the concerns of his generation, it's The Dead Zone (1979). Although it contains a horrific subplot about a serial killer, it isn't strictly a horror novel. It's the story of an unassuming high school teacher, an Everyman, who suffers a gap in time -- like a Rip ...  Read the complete review

Does Steven King ever write anything less than works of art? Not in my opinion, I have just finished reading the Dead Zone by him, a story about a young man who has a tragic accident which puts him in a coma for years, he awakes to find years have passed, his sweetheart has married another guy and his mum is going crazy!, he also finds he ...  Read the complete review

This is one of Stephen King's most consistently gripping thrillers, and one not unafraid to make a "statement" of some kind too. It tells the story of John Smith, who develops an ability to see the future, but is unsure whether this is a curse or a blessing until he foresees armageddon at the hands of a power-hungry and immoral ...  Read the complete review

Whatever his shortcomings -- and he has some big ones -- Stephen King can tell a good story, and this is one of the best of them. But I think he has ambitions to be taken seriously by the EngLit crowd too, and there are themes in all of his books. The Dead Zone may represent the first appearance of a theme he more famously explores in Christine: ...  Read the complete review