Review: Dear Constant Reader: Take a Pass on This One
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2012
Can you say "I'll pass"? Then please do. This is one awful short story unworthy of it's author. Mile 81 is an abandoned rest stop on Maine's I-95. A young boy discovers it, along with a half filled bottle of vodka in an abandoned restaurant. He takes some swigs, gets a good buzz and falls asleep.In the meantime a muddy station wagon outside causes very repititious mayhem. The boy, Peter, sleeps through it. In the end he awakens to two very young children. He's witnessed one of the station wagon's deeds. The story then ends. Did Peter dream the whole thing? Doubtful, since the evidence is outside. Actually, I could care less. The story is that bad.There is no character development, plenty of repitition from the car, seemingly no reason for the protagonist, Peter. The story ends very ubruptly leaving the reader scratching his head wondering what did I just sit through?One saving grace, mercifully it's very short. Watch for it to end abruptly at about 75-76%. The rest is a lead in to the new book "11/22/63". So, the reader becomes cheated there as well.At $3.99, I found that too expensive for this. I'm a King fan, but this is awful