Review: Story and pace fun ending so so
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 5, 2011
Mile 81 by Stephen King started out with an engrossing driving force that takes you right into the story. King is great writing from a child's perspective. This short story brought me back to the thrill I got reading The Body (Stand By ME).King is like the twisted and sick version of The Wonder Years.The eBook is an Amazon exclusive Kindle Single that clocks in at 1072 locations, The books layout is very nice with chapter advancing but no TTS. Each chapter is the introduction of a new character and a header explaining the vehicle they are driving.Mile 81 is a closed down Rest Area on the Maine Turnpike, We follow Pete on adventure to Mile 81 to prove to the older boys he can also be brave and daring. King really captures the characters, and keeps us wondering what will happen next, with his ability to add suspense to anything.I do not want to give away to much but lets just say something that pulls up in front of Mile 81 is just not right. My biggest complaint to the story is the ending. I know it is a short story and he needs to wrap it up. But I was like ...what come on, a few more chapters and we could of had a more logical explanation.So even though I love the Kindle Single format and still a big King fan I can only give it a three star because the ending was so so.