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No horror here, but still a worthwhile read in my book!Stephen King states there will be no middle ground on this novel, . . that readers will either hate it or love it, As for me, I really enjoyed it as well as discovering in the Afterward what motivated him to write what is depicted as a hardcasecrime mystery, I loved the two "old geezers" as Mr, King calls them that own the Weekly Islander Newspaper on MooseLookit Island, and the way they quizzed and inspired theiryear old summer intern, Stephanie, As for the case of THE COLORADO KID itself, I whizzed right through the telling eager to find out what happened to the mysterious dead man with no identification, and.
. . was even fine with the ending, This one won't make my favorites shelf, but it held my attention, and I sure do love the book cover even though "she" is
not how I envisioned Stephanie.
A very short book and probably the most boring one written by Stephen King,
There is no solution to the mystery,
This one did not work for me and I will say no more,
Anyways, the afterword is the best part, Loved it, loved it, LOVED IT, I can see why it's one of those books that you either love or hate but as it's a short read you should dip your toes into the water and find out if it's warm enough for you.
“The Colorado Kid” by Stephen King was such an awesome mystery read that really had me hooked from the beginning, Ive never read a novella like this where its a story within a story with many different layers to what exactly happened to the Colorado Kid, I particularly loved the characters and how its a solid mystery as the pieces start coming together,
I enjoyed all the little clues given throughout this as I was trying to figure out exactly what was going on with the Colorado Kid as it was pretty interesting all the way to the end.
Dont worry, I wont ruin anything for you but this was such a fun read that I genuinely enjoyed it from start to finish, This is definitely one of those fun conversation starters if youre in a book club that just finished it to ask your fellow readers what they think about the Colorado Kid.
I guarantee youll get some interesting responses!
I give “The Colorado Kid” by Stephen King a/as even though many people will probably have something to say about the ending, I think it was specifically done this way and in this format for all the book clubs in the world to discuss.
Theres so much here to unpack and try to figure out that I think that was the whole point in the grand scheme of things, Ooof.
I couldn't do it, I couldn't finish it, I have immense readersguilt over not finishing The Colorado Kid because Stephen King is my absolute favorite author and famous human, So this hurts, man.
The Colorado Kid has been staring at me from my unread bookshelf for way too long, I tried to end my "reading slump" or hiatus or whatever with it, But alas, no go. No Tea for the Tillaman, Overall the issue was I was bored, I couldn't buy in to the characters, I couldn't sit next to them and hear their tale,
Sorry, Mr. King. I still love you with all my Annie Wilkes heart, I see how creepy this is, and don't care LOL This is one of the more unique books Ive picked up as it had more of a nonending than an ending in the most poetic and interesting type of way.
This is a very slow burn book, but one that most literally lets you play detective as you learn along with Stephanie one ofmain characters who works at a little newspaper company in Maine.
One of my favorite things about it is how thoughtprovoking it actually is,
Oh, and two perksthe book could certainly be read in a couple hours its so short and the graphics that come with each chapter are so fun and great!
There was a callback to Secret Window, Secret Garden which I read back inwhich is part of the collection of short stories located in Four Past Midnight to an event that happened at Tashmore Lake.
The Stephen King nerd in me smiled at this as thats the fictional location Mort Raineys lake house is on from the short story Secret Garden, Secret Window, This book was published inand the movie Secret Window my literal favorite movie of allllll time came out in, YesI know all of this from memory as Ive seen the movie abouttimes and read the short story once,
Although its very King in writing, its not the horror and creepiness some fans look for, I found it creative and fun in many ways, although I could see there being a crowd who wouldnt like this book as much as they may think they would.
NO SPOILERS
Full disclosure: book abandoned at pageout ofpages,
Although I appreciate Stephen Kings effort to write in a totally different style as part of the “Hard Case Crime” series, thats one of the major problems with this book.
This isnt really a Stephen King book, by which I mean, all that has earned King legions of fans over the decades, all thats distinctly King, isnt here.
I didnt need to read past pageto know that, I sincerely hope readers new to King dont choose The Colorado Kid as their starting point,
As for the plot, three characterstwo older men and one young womandiscuss crimes, with the main topic being the mysteriouscase of the “Colorado Kid, ” “Discuss” is the operative word here this is a dialogueheavy story,
That's unfortunate because the dialogue itself is irritating, with the men frequently calling theiryearold female intern “darlin,” “dear,” and “dearheart” while dominating the conversation, As for the actual discussing, thats passive storytelling, and its really boring,
The book is short and from what I understand has an unsatisfying ending, leading me to believe that King whipped this one up quickly without much investment.
I read sitelink not long before this, and as his efforts go, this couldnt be more opposite, Where that is strong and complex, this is feeble, I have no problem advising others to heed this books,average rating as of this writing and spend time reading something worthier, a Hardcase Crime novel,
The answer to the mystery is that not every mystery has an answer,
Well written with a nice flow and likable characters but there wasn't much in the way of entertainment here, I was into the suspense, looking for the resolution, even though we were warned there would be none, and when the end finally arrived, . . yes, I got it. Still, I could have used a little more meat and potatoes, even though it was only one mouthful that done in our victim, . . or was it “Well then, I'm going to tell you a secret almost every newspaper man and woman who's been at it awhile knows: in real life, the number of actual stories those with beginnings, middles, and ends are slim and none.
But if you can give your readers just one unknown thing two at the very outside and then kick in what Dave Bowie there calls a mustabeen, your reader will tell himself a story.
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Stephen King, the seemingly natural born storyteller, offered this little mystery tale up via the pulp/hardboiled crime line Hard Case Crime back in, later seeing it bizarrely adapted in to some kind of poor man's XFiles by SyFy as the supernatural series Haven.
I actually decided to give the series a shot after learning of its existence whilst purchasing the book, turns out Haven is terrible, and yet still I remained eager to read King's ripping yarn.
Luckily there appears to have been little of the novel, if anything, harvested to create such a cheap and tack abomination,
The Colorado Kid is never going to be considered a King masterpiece, it's a slight little story that feels like he wrote it one afternoon when the inspiration hit.
Two old geezers sit around telling a tall tale to a young girl an interesting mystery unfolds, the kind that can really get the gears turning, a John Doe turns up dead on a remote beach on an island off of the coast of Maine, a lazy investigation ensues and leaves our intrepid duo with many questions and a desire to get to the truth.
But Stephen King is not content to simply tell a whodunnit, or even quietly deconstruct the genre whilst referencing Poe, Doyle, Christie, Queen and Stout, he is afterall a man who seems to spend his every waking moment constructing stories and with The Colorado Kid he is revelling in simply being a storyteller by dissecting the nature of telling stories.
It is not thrilling, it is not taxing, it may even be a little frustrating for those of you who need a beginning, middle and end but it is a light and enjoyable read that could easily work as a template for anyone considering using a simple framing story in your novel, screenplay or video game.
I wish the makers of Haven had taken that advice, .