- Paperback: 736 pages
- Publisher: New English Library; New edition edition (17 July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340654287
- ISBN-13: 978-0340654286
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 381,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation. Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps ‘another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak."
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'Genuinely masterful' (Daily Telegraph )
'A massive volume of terror crafted creepily' (Daily Mail )
'King again proves himself the premier literary barometer of our cultural clime...The terror is relentless...deeply moving and enthralling masterpiece' (Publishers Weekly )
'A massive volume of terror crafted creepily' (Daily Mail )
'King again proves himself the premier literary barometer of our cultural clime...The terror is relentless...deeply moving and enthralling masterpiece' (Publishers Weekly )
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you're looking for horror, then you're reading the wrong book. If you're looking for Sci-Fi and think you can keep up with the pace, then this is the book for you! This is a great read and it constantly keeps you guessing. King throws so many different things at you, you can't help but read on!
When you've finished this you have to read The Regulators, all of the characters that you've got to know so well are in it, or are they?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Desperation is quite simply an outstanding read. The way king draws several normal people, including two very young children to a haunted mining town is great. The book never once slows down and king does what he is excellent at : killing off the lead characters emotionlessly and reshaping the plot around their deaths, creating new lead characters. This is done here on several occasions. The most intriguing part of the story is young David Carver's relationship with God, something which the other charaters never quite understand, But King makes us do so. The only problem I have the book is that King never elaborates on the fact that Johnny Marinvile had lived a previos life - one where he was killed in Vietnam. King also scares us with vintage horror essentials : snakes, scorpions, dead bodies etc and he does this in a way which isn't over the top. Despite not matching to the levels of The Shining or even Misery, it is still an excellent read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Desperation is my favourite "stand alone" King novel to date. King's "Dark Tower" books are my favourite King books but Desperation is up there high on the list! It's a superior work to it's sister book "The Regulators" (which I personally enjoyed) written under the name of Richard Bachman and the writing and storytelling skills that king has pleanty of are on full display. It's a big novel, worth your time and very enjoyable.
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Desperation!
Definitely a good title from the Master of suspense and horror. Wonderful book - great storytelling - ghastly town to visit or live in!
Published 1 month ago by Sue'sViews
I see holes like eyes - my mind is full of them
A disparate collection of travellers are abducted by an insane cop and incarcerated in the jail of a small Nevada mining town in the middle of nowhere. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Crookedmouth
Desperate
I do love a bit of Stephen King. He was the author who captured my imagination as a teenager with books like The Shining, Salem's Lot and The Stand. Read more
Published 7 months ago by MrShev
For a used book
it's in pretty good condition as described. Efficient delivery. Can't complain. As for the book, it's one of my favourite of Stephen King's so I was always going to like it. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sam Collins
Has some moments but
The first 200 pages are very gripping with some original ideas but it soon descends into all too familiar territory. Read more
Published 10 months ago by E. Williamson
Excellent Story - Great on Kindle
This is Stephen King at his best. A story that not only keeps you reading "just one more chapter" but one that makes you hope that the star of the story makes it to the end. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Traffic
good buy
book received was in very good condition, only reason that it did not receive 5 stars was the fact that it did not come with sleeve which was not mentioned before purchase, that... Read more
Published 13 months ago by col 67
Unsatisfactory
I am normally a great King fan, but this title was a dissapointment. It seems that it reused old ideas and just went through the motions. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ioannis Glinavos
Overkill
At the beginning of the novel I was conscious of King's less-than-perfect writing style. However, once the story gets going (which it does very quickly), the plot is gripping: the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by wpm
don't pick it up
You know how people say "couldnt put a book down" well after a while i found i "couldnt pick this book up" it was so bad i dreaded reading it and just wanted to get it over with. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Lulu
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