I read THE COLORADO KID this past weekend. I'm sure it will
sell bunches of copies, about which I'm pleased for Hard Case
Crime books, but I wish this outing for the imprint by King
had been a bit tighter story. I'm not really bothered by the
ending, but King doesn't seem to be at his best form in this
one, I'm sorry to say.
On the up side, I saw at a Super WalMart a freestanding dump
in the aisle (near the book section), half of which held
various King titles published by Signet, the other half of
which held copies of THE COLORADO KID.
- Duane Spurlock
--- Kevin Burton Smith
<
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com> wrote:
>
> Vicki wrote:
>
> > Why does everyone always want to guess who
the
> murderer is? I've never
> > understood the fun in that. Do people read only
to
> see if they can be
> > right and pat
> > themselves on the back? Surprise endings
generally
> ruin most novels and
> > stories, in my opinion. The writer is so
concerned
> with plotting, in
> > order to make
> > his ending work, that he skimps on
character
> development and human
> > psychology
> > and emotion, what literature is all about,
as
> opposed to a cheap
> > thrill that
> > you can't enjoy a second time because you know
the
> ending.
>
> So read THE COLORADO KID... Stephen King seems to
be
> asking the same
> questions.
>
> Nobody knows the ending because.... there isn't
one.
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
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