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Rating:  - Not the old Steve, but still remarkable.
I just got done reading DreamCatcher. It was excellent. Dreamcatcher is about life and it's meaning, about governmental conspiracy and constitutional betrayal, about friendship, and about the continuing battle with our foes from outer space.Stephen King has mastered his skill of character development. I related to some of his main characters, while others, I've actually met--even the psychopaths. Incredible. You would think the guy would have ran out of ideas by now, but his use of symbolism hasn't spoiled. Yes, DreamCatcher has much symbolism that makes the story complex and hard to understand off hand, which some might find distasteful, but it is genuine and profound nonetheless. The symbolism, in fact, is the basis of this thought provocative story. Readers who prefer original King might find the story a struggle, but you can still see him here and there. There are a lot of wonderfully made visual effects in this story, that are quite gory and painful. And the way some parts were written was far from anything John Irving. This book contains a ton of profanity, makes lewd remarks, and explains how boy children loose their innocence rather rapidly. This story would most certainly make upscale morality freaks cringe...unless their curious and want to explore a little. I hear a lot of people complain that this story is just a re-make of his book TommyKnockers. It is not. It's a continuation, almost, in the same way Insomnia is a subdivision to his Dark Tower series. All his books, in fact, are linked in one way or another, and that's more a attribute than it is a flaw, because it makes all his stories into a single entity, and that shows good character with a lot of game. Thank you.
Rating: - Dreamcatcher - Not just a bag of bones..
One of the most respected authors in literature today has crafted for us a cunning novel of Nightmares and Psycological terros through a tale of alien invasion.When Beav, Henry, Pete, and Jonesy, (friends since childhood, linked together in ways they are only beginning to understand) go into the woods on their annual hunting trip, they are unaware that they will soon be fighting for their lives, their minds, and thier planet. The first quarter of the book reads a little slow, but is needed to set up the strange link the freinds share and to connect us emotionally with the characters. At first galnce i was terrified that Mr. King had "borrowed" the basic plot from the movie "Alien" and had turned it into a book based on earth. However, after reading further the story evolves into a disturbing portrayle of the human psyche and its fight to survive - despite the odds. Kings use of a constant theme - dreams - helps to easily interconnect the different characters and their experiences, and to help make this one of the most original extraterrestrial stories thet i've come across. Though not as wonderfull as some of Kings earlier novels (see The Tommyknockers) it was still a pleasure to read... and grip.
Rating: - King's take on Alien Abductions= a great yarn
I'm not a devotee of Stephen King. I don't pick up everything he writes. I generally approach things on a book by book basis. The allien attack plot of Dream Catcher grabbed my attention so I picked it up. I'm glad I did. Dream Catcher is over 600 pages. SO it's quite a long read but it's worth it. The alien scenes are handled with a very dreamy,ethereal, and bizare quality that worked. Also King puts a disturbing and creepy take on burp and fart jokes in the book. But for me the real strength of Dream Catcher is the characters and their realtionships. King as he is so good at doing details the child hood experiences of the four main characters and how they saved a retarded child from bullys and became his friend. The scenes involving Duddits are incredibly touching. Dream Catcher is one of the Better Stephen King books I have read. It's worth the time. And the last two hundred pages fly. Due to a long and exciting chase and a slam-bang climax.
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