Firestarter
Ratings197
Average rating3.6
If it wasn't for unbelievably disappointing climax it would be 5 stars. King once again shows how brilliantly he can portray child characters. Among the best I've read from him (so far).
Not one of King's best but the last third really hits the spot with the father daughter story bringing a lot heart to the story,
Boy, this took a while.
I'm not a slow reader, but this book is, sadly, not very interesting. It took 100 pages before anything remotely interesting happened, and after that there were pages and pages and pages of boring bureaucracy with only very few instances of action.
Compared to other King books, this wasn't particularly well-written and had too much filler.
Took me a long time to read because I kept getting sucked into other books lol. Pretty solid book. Onto the next!
DNF @ 75%
Look at 75% in I feel comfortable rating this. This is the second time I've DNF'd this book and it just honestly isn't compelling. I don't care what happens to these people and the villains are so one note. I did find some bits in the beginning and middle to be compelling, but that goodwill is constantly squandered.
You don't hear much about this book from people but it's one of my favorites of his for sure. I would give it 5 stars but I hate inconclusive endings. The story follows a man and his daughter running from a secret government agency called “The Shop”. He has the ability to control your mind and she controls fire. Together they use their powers to stay on the run as long as they can from being killed or being captured and used as lab rats. A fast paced thriller with and interesting antagonist.