Desperation - Stephen King

Desperation - Stephen King: Desperately Seeking Stephen (1416 words)
by tom1clare - written on 15.10.05 (Very useful, 1037 readings)
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I bought the hefty-looking Desperation from a market stall recently, knowing that the least I would get for my 95p would be a decent pennies-to-pages ratio. Having now compiled more or less all of Stephen King’s novels, I’d still only managed to read about a third of them (though not through lack of trying!) and on this occasion made the naughty decision to judge Desperation by its cover and dive into straight away. It had a certain dark, minimalistic quality to it and would hopefully add to my understanding of the Dark Tower (to which many of King’s standalone novels make reference) before I would eventually embark on that mammoth series. Desperation was ...

Desperate to read Stephen King? (721 words)
by kitty_x17 - written on 12.07.04 (Very useful, 604 readings)
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The copy I'm reviewing is a hardback copy priced £16.99 published in 1996, should be out in paperback for considerably less now. I've had this book since it was first released eight years ago, I have tried to read it twice before but both times gave up at about the same part. This time I'm on a bit of a Stephen King binge and was determined (not desperate!) to finish this one once and for all. When you come to a book you've tried to read twice before and given up on you do have certain reservations and niggling concerns, so I approached it with caution, thinking at all costs keep reading! ...

Desperation - Stephen King: Desperately good...pardon the pun (1250 words)
by LAH10 - written on 12.08.01 (Very useful, 308 readings)
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I picked up Desperation, by Stephen King in search of some release from exam stress....but unfortunately for my exams I found it very hard to put down. The title of the book refers to a lonely Nevada town, where strange things have begun to seep from an old mine shaft with a horrible history. The characters are introduced one by one, each with their own story of how they ended up in Desperation, and in the clutches of terror. The story follows their attempts to understand what has happened to them and their struggles to escape their maniac captor who seems to have control over the desert animals. The basic storyline involves the big ...