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Blaze: A Novel
by Richard Bachman
from Scribner

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Would be a good movie
  I do not usually like Stephen King, but I liked this novel. It is not drawn out and overly descriptive like some of his other novels I have attempted to read. This book is about a badly abused, slightly mentally damaged man just trying to make a life. Sadly, he does not go about it the right way and kidnaps a baby in hopes of gaining a million dollars, but he proves to be an incredibly lovable character, growing more so as you get a look into his childhood. I could have done without the dead guy, George,... more info

• It's not wrong to want the bad guy to win!
  You know how, when you meet an exceptional person, you feel honored to have been able to know them? You feel that you were lucky to have known them, to have been able to glimpse their life, to have been a part of it. Well, that is how I feel about Blaze. I feel honored to have known him for such a short time. I feel I was entrusted with the secrets of his past and his innermost thoughts, feelings, and fears.
  Richard Bachman is one of Stephen King's alter-ego's I guess you could say. The story of... more info

• Stephen Kings does of Mice and Men
  Really reminds me of Mice and Men. I enjoyed it. Not the best book ever or the worst but was a good read.

• BLAZE IS GOOD!
  Blaze was written in the early part of King's career but never published. He dusted it off and released it--and we should be glad. It's top notch; the characters are great and the story is touching, a bit like Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men actually.
  So you know, Blaze doesn't read like the first five Bachman books--with a flat mean tone. The writing style is more like Skeleton Crew or Misery; the sentence structure flows smoothly and the story breathes a bit. The story is not horror, nor is it as soft as... more info

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