The Stand; Like eating beef jerky with your brain

It’s currently the year 2012. We have machines that can see through your skin and look at your bones. We have machines that can keep you alive even if your heart and brain don’t work. We even have machines that can look at just a single drop of your spit and tell us who your parents are. But as we speak, people the world over are reading books. Books are simple things, just words on paper, and they are by no means new, they’ve been around for hundreds of years. In light of our technological advances, it may seem strange that people still rely on books, or even willingly spend their spare time reading one for no other reason than that they find it entertaining, but if you take the time to read “The Stand” you’ll probably see why they would do so.

  Stephen King’s “The Stand” is one of the finest works of a genius author. It’s a lengthy book (1135 pages), but I am already close to finishing it, something I consider a testament to the quality of its content. I found myself simply unable to put it down for any great length of time, and look forward to seeing how it ends.

  I decided to read this book because I had previously read a few of Stephen King’s other literary works, which were excellent. However, when I heard that “The Stand” was supposed to be the pinnacle of his accomplishments, I simply had to read it. While I don’t regret my decision, I do feel that “The Stand” doesn’t quite warrant all the somewhat overly generous praise it recieves. Not that it hasn’t been an excellent read thus far!