Review: Classic King!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2011
Stephen King's story, Mile 81, is a shorty story that will evoke memories from his "Constant Readers" ofFrom a Buick 8.  My only quibble with this novel is that I wished that it had been longer and the body count lower! I was literally screaming at  characters!The novel begins with ten year old Pete Simmons who is in a bad mood upon being left by his brother. He decides he will go to the abandoned rest top on route 95 in Maine (also you would think that no rational human being would go to Maine ever after the Stephen King stories).  Pete goes and plays darts, and drinks vodka and promptly passes out.  While passed out a mysterious car pulls up and sits there besides the rest stop (Yes, once again we have a mysterious car that does not appear to be what it seems to be.)In quick succession, very good people stop to make sure that the car's driver is not in trouble and needs a hand (between this novel andFull Dark, No Starsyou cannot pay me to pull over ever again without calling 911.I don't want to get too spoilery but the story though short does manage in a few pages to bring characters fully to life so you do mourn their passing.Once again my only complaint was that I wished it were longer. It had the first chapter of his new book11/22/63: A Noveland I didn't even begin reading that since I rather just wait until the full novel is published.Grade: A+