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Loading... Rage (original 1977; edition 1977)by Stephen King
Work InformationRage by Richard Bachman (1977)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I suppose some hubbub has been made about this book. I started reading Stephen King recently, and have been reading his stuff in order, mainly because I learned that the first book I read, 11-22-63, made references to IT. So I didn't have a particular interest in this book and expected to dislike it more than I did. I thought the same about Carrie (which I ended up liking quite a bit), and this book shares some themes, like bullying. This is a dark coming-of-age and horror novel in disguise, and not for the reason you would think. The reason I chose 3 stars instead of 4 is because I didn't fully buy or believe that ultimate horror. In the end, this book probably didn't need to be about a school shooting--without that, there is the central and classic story of kids of different social groups being forced together. Having just finished The Shining recently, this seemed less polished, but it was also written in first person. I knew this book was pulled from publication by Stephen King and it's easy to understand why. That being said, I enjoyed it more than I had expected. This book had great characters and could have been greatly expanded upon on that alone. I believe he wrote this in high school which makes it all the more remarkable. Bit of a revenge fantasy but an interesting and short book. Eh. Kind of hooks you at the start (typical of any King story, basically) but gets tedious. It doesn't leave a great taste in your mouth - even King says in the introduction that he was young and cynical enough to believe in unhappy endings and Freudian explanations for a kid killing his teacher... I'm not saying I'm against opinions in books, it's just that every other sentence was the character (and maybe King) spouting his ideas about the world. That said, he was only 18 or 19 or so, and it is definitely well written. You can really see the crackle of the prose and authenticity that King would become known for. It is a very 70s novel, I should add. Lots of virginal girls wearing frumpy sweaters crossing their legs and saying, "humph!" Well, not humph, but y'know. Being frumpy. And of course there is the class whore who smokes. This is a mediocre review, I'm just stream of consciousness tying my thoughts a few hours after finishing. I guess it SORT OF sucks that this is out of print (due to school shootings) but I also don't think the modern world is missing out on a great King novel. Plus, you can find one in almost any used bookstore. no reviews | add a review
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My own copy is part of a tatty second-hand paperback of The Bachman Books, a monstrously sized four novel collection. I read this for the 2018 Halloween Bingo square Genre: Horror: anything that fits into the horror genre. If a boy going on a school shooting rampage and setting up his fellow students to turn on one another in their own fear and rage isn’t horror, I don’t know what is. ( )