The Talisman by Stephen King, Peter Straub Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Talisman
Book Review: read this right here and now
Summary: 5 Stars
this book was a pleasure when i first read it so many years ago, and upon my re-reading, i found it still to be a wonderful book. it has one of the best characters king has created (or co-created), which is wolf. it combination of horror and fantasy that any fan of king's will recognize and enjoy. (sorry to say i really haven't read any of straub's work, so i can't really compare to the rest of his work) and let's be honest, anyone who enjoys king's dark tower series definitely wants to read this book--the similarities are obvious. it does bog down a little at the end, and they do use the talisman as a convenient plot piece to get jack and richard out of trouble, but the rest of the book overpowers the weak ending.Book Review: yeah-bob! its a rainbow!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big fan of Stephen King, which prompted me to pick up this book while waiting in an airport somewhere in America. I never started to read it until one week ago, on a flight to somewhere else in America. From the first page, I could not put the book down, hardly pausing to eat, sleep or go to school. This is by far, the best book I have ever read. Not just by Mr. King, either. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon was a great book, but I'm afraid it pales in comparison. I won't spoil it for you by mentioning characters or towns or anything like that, it will intrigue you once you opened the page. If you're like me you will laugh a little, cry a little, scream a little, cringe a little. But every minute you spend with The Talisman and the adventure it holds will captivate you until the very end-and well beyond.