By: Richard Bachman
A crazed out teen decides he has had enough. A futuristic "walk till you drop" contest. A husband decides to take on the city, when he finds out he has to move for a freeway. A futuristic game show with dire consequences . Stephen King as Bachman, writes in a fast pace style with these four novellas.
Plot: With four exciting tales of suspense, Bachman takes you to the edge of your seat with two tales involving futuristic game shows, and two tales that take the reader step by step through a crazy mind in stressful situations.
Rage - A troubled teen takes a classroom hostage in this columbine style story. The tale takes you through his memories, as he relives his issues growing up, while taking the class to new heights of honesty. The novel really emphasizes the illusion kids project to their peers, all to stay socially acceptable.
The Long Walk - In a future where America has become a poor police state, the reader follows the lives of one hundred teens that choose to enter a yearly competition, where they walk till they drop, and the last person walking wins the ultimate prize - whatever they want. The only downside is that if you lose, you die.
Roadwork - A man is notified by the city that he has to move his home and the business he works for because a highway is coming through. The novel focuses on his endless series of bad decisions that lead him to a last stand.
The Running Man - In this futuristic tale where the environment is dying, and a giant network conglomerate controls America, Ben Richards signs up to be a contestant on "The Running Man", where he has to allude the authorities for 30 days, in order to win the grand prize. Otherwise, he will be executed. Fortunately for him, he is good at running.
Review: This book was very long in some parts, but the futuristic stories are well worth the read. The Running Man flows extremely well, with a great ending. The Long Walk is more about the journey, keeping the reader reading "one more chapter" till the end, which was very anti-climactic. The other two stories have a few readable sections, but all in all the reader could skip them and not miss much. The rating of each novel individually is 5 stars for The Running Man and The Long Walk, 3 stars for Rage, and 1 star for Roadwork because it seems impossible to make that many bad decisions in a row.
Rage - A troubled teen takes a classroom hostage in this columbine style story. The tale takes you through his memories, as he relives his issues growing up, while taking the class to new heights of honesty. The novel really emphasizes the illusion kids project to their peers, all to stay socially acceptable.
The Long Walk - In a future where America has become a poor police state, the reader follows the lives of one hundred teens that choose to enter a yearly competition, where they walk till they drop, and the last person walking wins the ultimate prize - whatever they want. The only downside is that if you lose, you die.
Roadwork - A man is notified by the city that he has to move his home and the business he works for because a highway is coming through. The novel focuses on his endless series of bad decisions that lead him to a last stand.
The Running Man - In this futuristic tale where the environment is dying, and a giant network conglomerate controls America, Ben Richards signs up to be a contestant on "The Running Man", where he has to allude the authorities for 30 days, in order to win the grand prize. Otherwise, he will be executed. Fortunately for him, he is good at running.
Review: This book was very long in some parts, but the futuristic stories are well worth the read. The Running Man flows extremely well, with a great ending. The Long Walk is more about the journey, keeping the reader reading "one more chapter" till the end, which was very anti-climactic. The other two stories have a few readable sections, but all in all the reader could skip them and not miss much. The rating of each novel individually is 5 stars for The Running Man and The Long Walk, 3 stars for Rage, and 1 star for Roadwork because it seems impossible to make that many bad decisions in a row.
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