The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) | Stephen King

The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) | Stephen King | The Stand: Complete and Uncut

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The Stand: Expande...

	The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet) Stephen King Signet, 1991 - 1141 pages average customer review:based on 933 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Stand - Uncut

I read "The Stand" when it was first published and loved it. The author stated that it was in an incomplete form, edited out many things.

As a Constant Reader of SK - I have waited patiently for this book in its true form, or as SK would say, "His way, his words - all of them."

Although the subject matter may turn some people off. It is a great read and "The Stand" will remain with you long after you put the book down. Which is what the author wants.

Thank you Stephen King for your amazing stories and never giving up writing for your ever "Constant Readers."

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The Stand: Complete and Uncut

Well, where should one start about such a glorious book, considering the fact that it is over 1000 pages long. I might as well start with the characters. There are many characters from extremely important people to the ones who just help provide more depth to the story.

The book is the basic good versus evil setting. Although the complete and uncut version offers more reading for you, it does have some things that are kind of pointless to have. (Maybe only like 50 pages of the stuff that can bore you if you don't continue reading)
By the time you are at page 30, you are basically entranced, and you won't want to stop until you finish, but that's kind of hard to do in one day. If you read it slow and lavish the taste of the deliciousness you get from it, you will be rewarded with a great feeling.

There are some downsides though like the fact that you may start thinking a little bit like some of the characters. So you may feel a little bit of insanity at times: love, pain, loss, sadness, and other thoughts like that. Also you want the book to last forever so you feel disappointed when you do finish the book.

There is lots of death in the book but that's ok because there was a big plague that kills almost everyone. I actually literally loved the book, because it gave lots of feelings of goodness and it gave thoughts of evil. If you have time I would suggest getting it so you could read it and get the same feeling of joy I got from it.

I absolutely loved the book, so if you like Stephen King I would suggest you get it. The imagery is also very good, so good it's like watching a movie. If you do decide to read it, take your time so you can enjoy the book to its fullest extent.

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Read this book!

This was an interesting apocalyptic story with a plethora of diverse characters. I have read a bunch of mediocre books this year (spring 2007) and wanted/needed a book I could get lost in, that would continually call me back throughout the day. I'd had The Stand sitting on my shelf since last summer, just waiting. I picked it up, and it did the trick. This is the classic story of the battle between good and evil, between God and the Devil. The characters need to choose which side they're going to be on, though they don't necessarily realize the spiritual implications of their choices, at least at first. I appreciated Stephen King's character descriptions. He assumes we can think. He describes the characters in unobtrusive ways; we know what they're like without having to be told in so many words.

I rated this book a 4 instead of a 5 for two reasons. Firstly, I didn't like the way King described the sex scenes. It seemed that the intent was to get the reader aroused. I don't mind reading stories with a sexual aspect, but when the author seems to be deliberately trying to get the reader involved in it, it's distracting to the story. I won't recommend this book to certain people because of this. Secondly, I thought there were two many random descriptions of people that essentially had nothing to do with the story. Learning about them did help me to understand a bit more about what was going on throughout the country, but mostly it was distracting to the story.

Overall, I highly recommend this book. Stephen King grabbed me from the first page.

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Couldn't stand the end

I read the shorter version of the novel as it was originally published, and although I found much to enjoy, I do not wish that I had read the expanded version. Stephen King's apocalyptic epic starts with a bang and sustains impressive narrative drive during the initial outbreak of the superflu and the rapid collapse of society that follows. Once the survivors begin segregating themselves to the emerging communities of Boulder (under the prophetic Mother Abagail) and Las Vegas (under the demonic Randall Flagg), the plot stagnates. The final showdown with Flagg is disappointingly underwhelming and conventionally religious. There's still enough good stuff here to fill two or three novels of more moderate length, but in the end King's achievement doesn't quite eqiual his vision.

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