Review: Classic King Short Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2011
Mile 81 was pretty much a typical King short story, though this one was perhaps a little too short and could have benefited from some additional time to percolate. While the story had some of King's trademark humor, horror and intensity, I felt like the story was perhaps a bit too rushed and didn't really allow the story to develop as fully as I would have liked. Which is to say, I liked the story we got and would have enjoyed a bit longer experience than the hour or so it took to read it. In the end, I think that's what kept this from being a "great" book for me and undercutting some of the potential of the tale. Still, any constant reader of King's should definitely give this story a quick spin.