The Running Man by Stephen King Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Running Man
Book Review: Intense, unpredictable, and a fantastic ending!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am avid reader of Stephen King and this book is definitely one of his best. It can be kind of confusing at first because the book is set in the future. However, King does an excellent job of using his running theme, the media, to illustrate the fascination of popular tv and its connection to human survival.Book Review: It's more like 4 1/2
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a very good book. Panomanal, exstrodinary, great! But not 5 star King. You see, I'm a very big fan, huge fan, but I don't throw out 5 stars. 5 stars in my opinon is like, The Shawshank Redemption, or Desperation, bouth very good. It's definetly, positivally worth the read. So go ahead, read it!Book Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I could not put this book down. I had to know how it was going to end. Another well written book by Stephen King/Richard Bachman. It definitely has the Bachman feel to it. It is not a happily ever after ending but the main character gets his justice in the end!Book Review: More and more prescient
Summary: 4 Stars
When I read this story several years ago, I found it to be a good read. Not the best, certainly, but it was a great way to spend my afternoon. I had just discovered King's Bachman books, and I was amazed to see that the movie "The Running Man" was actually based on one of those stories. I had enjoyed the movie (hey, I was a teen in the eighties, and Arnold movies were my life's blood), so I was hopeful that the book would be as good. Well, the movie and the story are worlds apart, but luckily the book far surpassed the movie in every way (don't they always?). But now, looking back on the game show crazy that has developed over the past few years, and how crazy they have gotten (namely, shows like Survivor and Boot Camp come to mind), the story now seems eerily prescient. Could we be headed toward a Running Man type game show, where death is a possibility? Three years ago I would have said no. Now? Now it doesn't seem so fantastic anymore. Anyway, read this story. It might just tell the future...
Book Review: Much better then the movie!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of Stephen King's interesting novels. It's also too bad that the movie is not more like the book. The book also really gets good toward the end and it becomes very hard to put down.