Firestarter - Stephen King Reviews

My life is, as many these days, hectic and there are times when I just want to escape from it all. When I feel like this there is nothing better than escaping into a good book. You see, I love to read, and although I will read any book my favourites are those that feature horror or fantasy. And my favourite author is Stephen King who, in my ...

Personally i believe that this was King's real big-break. Not one of his best but, one has to remember that this was released just after he was getting to grips with the publishing world. King gives us quite unusual circumstances in this novel, and what is most interesting about them is that his ideas seem way ahead of time in this ...

Ever wanted to burn someone up? Twist someones mind so that they do exactly what you want them to do? Well this book is for you! Andy Mcgee as a poor college student decides to take part in some tests being done by another department - for 250 dollars. The tests basically go horribly wrong, the substance being tested (lot 6)does wild ...

Firestarter is another King classic. I think it appealed to me firstly because the whole story begins with psycholgy experiments at university and being a poor student i've taken part in quite a few so its easy to relate to. It all begins when two young students meet at some dodgy psychology experiments testing a new chemical and fall in ...

Although this is an enjoyable read it follows the general trends his books always do. The story line is again slightly different from his other books - although there are a lot of similarities between this and the Shining. Both involve children who have unusual powers and have one parent who seems to do most of the parenting. And although the ...

This was the second of King's books I read, the first being The Dead Zone (after that, I had to read another). Like The Dead Zone, the opener gets into the idea of the book straight away. The two characters are Andy and Charlie McGee, father and daughter. Charlie's parents were involved in a sinister drugs experiment, run by an even more ...

From the world's bestselling author, Stephen King, comes a tale of genetic exploration gone to hellfire! Young Charlie McGee is a very special girl. The result of scientific experimentation on her parents, she has the ability create fires wherever and whenever she chooses, by force of will alone. On the run from sinister government ...

An incredible story about a little girl with an awesome power that sets in motion a chain of events filled with intrigue and adventure while caught in an arm of a political system on a bent for ultimate power. Her power to start fires sends those who seek to control her on a road to ultimate destruction in their pursuit to harness her talents for ...

From begining to end, Firestarter is a gripping, emotional, terrifying experience. King does an excellent job of making the reader feel sad for Andy and Charlie, and makes them all wish Vicky hadnt died, and that they could live a nomral life. Rainbird was evil, sinister, but also an object of pity. Excellent plot, excellent story, I only wish ...

This was the first book by Stephen King that I ever read, way back when, and it got me completely hooked! I think it may even be the best book I’ve ever read. Without going into too much detail, it’s the story of a little girl who has inherited strange psychic abilities (namely to start fires!) from her parents, who took part ...