My Long Walk Through Stephen King's Lot

      Since this book is still fairly new, I’ll do my best to share my thoughts without divulging too much about the story, especially the ending.           My initial feeling upon finishing it is that it’s a perfectly decent novel, but nothing special.  It is crisply written and a fast, easy read, but ultimately this is a fairly thin story that lacks a solid payoff.  I hate to describe it that way, but given its intriguing premise and set-up, it’s hard to see it any other way. The Outsider is not a scary novel.  It's dark and grim, like much of King's work.  It's disturbing, for sure, but not frightening.  I didn't care that it didn't creep me out; that is a quality I always view as a bonus in King's writing, but hardly ever the primary thing I seek.  The trouble for me is that the novel is also neither terribly thrilling nor emotional.  This fact is a bit peculiar, especially given that the story is about a police investigation surroundi

  The book I’ve primarily been focused on reading over the last few weeks is Stephen King’s newest, The Outsider .   More to come on that soon!   But while doing that, a funny thing happened: I also ended up completing a rather quick re-read of Misery .   When I go to the gym (which is basically now just on weekends), I like to take a paperback with me, for those long slogs on the exercise bike or treadmill.   Sometimes I try to read my psych books to enhance my studies, but isn’t it much more rewarding to read something fun?     At any rate, Misery was the latest book I brought with me, and I burned through it in no time.   I’ve read it once before, as a teenager.   It was a book I’d always intended to revisit at some point, given that it shone in my memory as one of King’s finest novels.   Boy, is it ever!   Misery is compulsively readable, the true definition of a page-turner.   It moves with impressive momentum, and yet in the process King somehow manages not to compro