Stephen King, The Stand Review

Overall Rating

The plot... How simple, but very scary and possible.
The characters... You'll grow to love them.
The length... It is a long book. When a story is this fun, I am glad is long. It never gets tiring.

I have no bad points. This is a book that you will read more than once. Yes all 1000 pages.

As Mr. King knows, The Stand is the favorite book of his loyal readers. I am one of them. I first read this book when it came out in 80? I forget the year. The people that put it down for the religious aspects must be devil worshipers. Evil loses. Just like in the real world in the end.
As far as the story, it will grab you from the beginning and will not let go. If you have not read this book, you are so lucky. It is huge and dynamite. Just the way I like a good book. This is a page-turner.

I am not a fan of the uncut version. I read the cut version first when the 70's were still fresh (was it 79 when this came out?). It left a pretty strong impression. He has many references to recent events and the culture of the 70's.
With the uncut version he didn't just add in the chapters that were removed, he want back and updated all the cultural references he had originally written. This was a mistake. He even mentions Madonna, that can turn a mans stomach.
There is nothing in the uncut version that really adds to the story. So I suggest you buy the original.