Loved itIt's still it's such a formative read for me. I think I think I absolutely want to do a reread of The Stand, but it's absolutely number two for me.
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The Stand (1978)
Others: Mostly positive One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that - in the ensuing weeks - wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
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- 9781529370515
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- 834 pages
Genres: science fiction, horror, thriller
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Loved it
Loved itThe stand coming in at 1,150 pages and that's more like it. A sentient object s'more throppple was 28 pages. What if I told you I like these equally? I'm kidding.
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Loved itwhat makes the stand great in my opinion is this may be King's best work at character
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NeutralI read The Stand, you know, didn't love it.
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Loved itthe stand I read last year I'm going to put it go ahead and put it in top five
Loved itDefinitely my favorite Stephen King novel so far. The Stand just hit me differently.
Mixedthe most realistic portrayal of the lockdown pandemic thing we're all experiencing but on a much larger scale was stephen king's stand though the plague by albert camus was actually the better book of the two