Review: Decided I actually liked it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2012
Even with the abrupt ending. At first I didn't like that, but the more I thought about it the less that bothered me. I am a Stephen King devotee, though I didn't like "11/22/63" or whatever...that one was interesting but I was over it about halfway through. But, I digress, this is my first King short story. What I liked about it was that, just as "Salem's Lot" opened me to the world of Vampires, "Carrie" showed me what disastrous effect an abusive parent and school bullying can have on a kid and "Christine" showed me the possibilities of an evil car ( I could go on)...this story grabbed me from the first page and still hasn't really let me go. It elicited from me all the emotions the long books have. Right to the last page I was on the edge of my seat wondering who would be the next victim. Yes, the magnifying glass and blast off were a little off the wall, but so is SK! I got what I wanted from it...and it had to end somehow....I haven't been able to come up with a better ending!