Firestarter

Okay, this is the last of my Stephen King books for a bit. Again, this is one from early in his career, and I once again have to comment on how much more I like it than his later stuff. It’s just a ripping good adventure that starts off at a fast pace and hardly slows down at all. I got sucked into the perils of Andy and Charlie McGee, and I wanted to know how things would turn out. Still, King’s (perhaps understandable) inability to really write from the point of view of a young girl is evident here, though it’s nowhere near as egregious as in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, which came much later. And since most of the story is told from Charlie’s father’s view, it’s not a big deal.

What I think I’ll do next is just start reading King’s older stuff in chronological order to fill in the gaps in my reading list. I’ve already read most of his later stuff, anyway.