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His prose and characters were excellent as usual but the story arc, at least to the point where I gave up on it, was totally flat. The 'Five' Series
It's like being offered a plate of cabbage when what you really want is marshmallows skewered on a stick. Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019.
Only Stephen King could write a book in which the characters don’t just come alive for the reader, they become your friends in every sense of the word and you soon find yourself caring about what happens to them.
This author has certainly proven himself time after time for the last forty years. In 1979, an odd man drives what at first glance looks like a 1954 mint-quality Buick Roadmaster up to a service station in rural Pennsylvania, then vanishes, leaving behind the car.
More Like Three and a Half Stars - A Pretty Good, Sometimes Slow, Science Fiction Story, Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020. FROM A BUICK 8 Stephen King.
An enjoyable Stephen King novel that uses science fiction and fantasy with just as much talent as the horror we often find in King's work. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.
It was too slow-paced, the characters weren't particularly engaging, and it was too much like a blend of "Christine" and "Mile 81" (a lot closer to "Mile 81"). google_ad_height = 125;
As many of you know, I love Stephen King's novels.
From a Buick 8 Stephen King Review by Kelly Koepke September 2002 Master of horror Stephen King returns on Sept. 24 with the release of From a Buick 8, a gather-round-the-campfire tale of a sinister car. An enjoyable narrative that works in an entertaining way.
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From a Buick 8 is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King.
Maybe.
While the book's relative brevity and simplicity does lend comparison to earlier King, and King has relied on a nasty car before (Christine), the author's stylistic maturity manifests in his sophisticated handling of the round robin of narrators (both first and third-person), the sharp portrayal of police ways and mores and the novel's compelling subthemes (loyalty, generational bondings) and primary theme: that life is filled with Buick 8s, phenomena that blindside us and that we can never understand. He's got way too much imagination to write something as dull as this book. The story primarily focuses on the relationships between the characters and how they relate to the Buick 8 that was impounded in the late 1970's when some of the characters were rookies with the PSP.
After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Such a plot device lacks the immediacy present-day action offers, at least the way King does it.
Buick 8 that sits in Shed B at the Pennsylvania State Policy (PSP) bunkers, in contrast to the sequence of events found in SK's longer novels where the story unfolds gradually until there is a climax in the last 3/4 of the story, (3) is not really a "horror" novel, but more sci-fi'ish like a Richard Matheson story, and (4) doesn't include rock music song references other than alluding to Bob Dylan's From a Buick 6 in the title. May 2020 I like Stephen King novels and there were parts I liked very much.
Nearly 20 years have passed since Christine was reduced to a cube of scrap metal and now King comes across as tired and resigned to the fact that horror is no joking matter, not in a world where airplanes can be used as weapons of mass murderers or a swerving van can plow into you on your afternoon walk, reducing your hip to hamburger. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018.
That’s what makes his novels so much fun to read. It's a cloudy Monday, we just had a snow fall of about 10-20 inches, which put getting to work at a standstill. The story primarily focuses on the relationships between the characters and how they relate to the Buick 8 that was impounded in the late 1970's when some of the characters were rookies with the PSP. When half way through this agonizingly slow story I decided to read some of the reviews to get a clue as to when something significant might happen and got the definite impression that it never really does.
I ordered this one and basically devoured it ..absolutely LOVED it….and the things that popped out of the Buick…Not a word of disagreement coming from here.
Buick 8 that sits in Shed B at the Pennsylvania State Policy (PSP) bunkers, in contrast to the sequence of events found in SK's longer novels where the story unfolds gradually until there is a climax in the last 3/4 of the story, (3) is not really a "horror" novel, but more sci-fi'ish like a Richard Matheson story, and (4) doesn't include rock music song references other than alluding to Bob Dylan's From a Buick 6 in the title.
For proof of King's weariness, look no further than the author photo on the back flap of From a Buick 8, surely one of the oddest author photos I've come across. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2018. "From A Buick 8" is a decent, but sometimes slow moving, science fiction novel set in Western Pennsylvania.
Both books study what amounts to a Gordian Knot of tangled mystery and the people who attempt to solve the conundrum.
Ranking Every Stephen King Novel, From Worst to First! The Buick 8 lands in the PSP's possession when a mysterious, vampire-like man leaves the car abandoned at a gas station. And I agree with the idea that Stephen King is this century’s Charles Dickens. I remember when this novel came out and I saw a GM commercial on television about the legendary car designer, Harley Earl. You hit upon all things I love about The King.
A tinted review in adult Forecasts indicates a book that's of exceptional importance to our readers, but hasn't received a starred or boxed review. He is able to develop stories within the story each with its own drama, horror, or suspense plot blended smoothly into the main story and plot.
November 2019 Sandy decides to tell Ned the background history of the car and the part his late father played in it-from the discovery of the abandoned Buick at a gas station by Troopers Curtis Wilcox and Ennis Rafferty in 1979, to the disappearance of Rafferty a few hours later, to the stark realization of just how dangerous this oddity of a vehicle is, and to the hideous other-world creatures that occasionally popped out of its trunk.
From a Buick 8 seems to draw polarized reactions from long time Stephen King (SK) readers.
Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Another galaxy? For this reader, King's great gift as a writer has always been his ability to write Americans as...Americans. He understands how we talk to one another and for many years was able to convey our speech, the rhythms of our discourse, our slang, and how we communicate when things are at their worst/best. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.
Both books study what amounts to a Gordian Knot of tangled mystery and the people who attempt to solve the conundrum.
More Like Three and a Half Stars - A Pretty Good, Sometimes Slow, Science Fiction Story, Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020.
5 Horror Authors You Have to Read and Follow in 2016! It is not uncommon for his novels to start off slowly and not really set the hook until a hundred pages or so. In his past novels, there's usually been a brave band of people struggling to ward off the nasties, often with a precognitive child in the lead.
You can still see all customer reviews for the product. Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2002. From a Buick 8 takes the reader into the small family of Troop D and the secrets they kept hidden for over two decades.
The Buick 8 lands in the PSP's possession when a mysterious, vampire-like man leaves the car abandoned at a gas station. He handles the blood, gristle and guts carefully, judiciously. From a Buick 8 is more a sci-fi than horror story, Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2020. I think he's a master of the writing craft, and I'm awed by his prolific output.
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"From A Buick 8" is a decent, but sometimes slow moving, science fiction novel set in Western Pennsylvania.
Good job!
I guess considering how really good most of his books are and how many there are it shouldn't be surprising for there to be an occasional clunker, which this was. I need to re-visit it. In some ways it is a typical Stephen King science fiction novel.
After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. King never fully explains the threat, leaving us (and the characters) with a vague sense of unease when the world beyond the Buick portal is glimpsed.
From a Buick 8 seems to draw polarized reactions from long time Stephen King (SK) readers.
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