The Stand

Feels good to finally knock this one off the ole bucket list!

While this is undeniably an epic, I do have to dock a star because at 1,152 pages it feels a bit bloated. The first quarter of the book was very repetitive, to the point that I almost gave up before the story even got rolling. I'm glad I stuck with it, though, because once the wheels began to turn this became a fascinating read, crawling with wonderful characters and that signature Stephen King storytelling. The book has its flaws, but it also has some of the best King writing I've read so far.