Rage
RageStephen King

Rage (1977)

Stephen King

Creators: Loved

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the rest of his class hostage. Over the course of one long, tense and unbearable hot afternoon, Charlie Decker explains what led him to this drastic sequence of events, while at the same time deconstructing the personalities of his classmates, forcing each one to justify his or her existence.

ISBN:
9780451076458
Length:
249 pages

Genres: thriller

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Reviews2

Loved

As a work of fiction from a non-emotional book review perspective considering pacing characters pure storytelling I thought it was great. I also appreciated the fact that King was tackling the bigger picture how a seemingly normal kid can turn into a cool calm killer.

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