The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

428 Pages

"Because things like this you can only say once. And you either get it wrong or you get it right, it's the end either way, because it's too hard to ever try to say again."

When Johnny Smith was a young boy he fell and hit his head hard ice skating. He shook it off, though, not really giving it another thought. When he was older, spending his days as a teacher, he began seeing a coworker, Sarah. They went to a carnival, and Johnny played one of those con games, where you bet your money on a wheel. He couldn't explain it, he could just feel which number the wheel would land on, and he beat the con man out of hundreds of dollars. On his way home, John's taxi was hit by a teenage driver, and he spent five years in a coma.

In the beginning, this novel seemed to jump around a lot. It followed the lives of three different people that seemingly had no connection to each other. But, as it went on, it made a lot more sense. I think the mystery of the different characters definitely made the novel, and although I didn't like it initially, the story wouldn't have been nearly as good if King had been more straightforward. It wasn't my favorite novel of his, but I definitely liked it a lot.

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