The Colorado Kid Thoughts

[DerekRuiz]

Couple friends of mine told me they didn't like this to much. But I love seeing writers working outside there normal sandbox so I'm really interested in getting my copy some time next week from the Ebay lot I won. I won 17 Hard Case Novels. For some reason I want to read crime stuff.

[betterjedi]

I just wanted to say a big "Thank you" to Mr.King. I loved 'The Colorado Kid'. It was a case of being more interesting than entertaining - if that makes any sense at all. As I got close to the end of the novel, I had already built up in my mind what I suspected the circumstances of the crime were. Then I feared that I was going to be so far off the mark and that I actually might like my conclusion better.

Then he did an awesome job with the ending of the story, leaving it up to the reader to decide for ourselves how the crime happened. That was awesome. In fact, I found a lot of unexpected freedom in the way the story played out; as if I was able to take an active part in telling the rest of the story.

I can understand how, for a lot of folks, this novel is frustrating because of the lack of conclusion. As for me, I wish there were more stories like this. Present the mystery and some 'facts' and then let me figure out the rest.

Too cool!

[Terry B]

I finished this book last night and I loved it. I could totally visualize those three people sitting around and talking about this "mystery". The two old guys and the young woman. I even loved that it was left unresolved. Very clever Mr. King. I think it would make a great TV movie. I would be fun to cast this one.

[JohnDalglish]

I finished this book last night and I loved it. I could totally visualize those three people sitting around and talking about this "mystery". The two old guys and the young woman. I even loved that it was left unresolved. Very clever Mr. King. I think it would make a great TV movie. I would be fun to cast this one.

Hi,

Couldn't agree more, Terry, and I'd go so far as to say that it could even be expanded into a TV series a la Dead Zone.

Long days and pleasant nights

[yog-sothoth]

As a Cornell Woolrich fan I liked TCK.

Did you know there was an Eddie Dean Woolrich's "Cigarette"

[Patricia A]

I think it's probably a matter of taste really. I thought it was a nice evening's read. I read it when I was down with a cold last year, it worked for me.
I think somewhere he had mentioned that he was experimenting with a different style for this book.
Plus it wasn't horror, so that might have been a contributing factor.
I wouldn't call it a Pulitzer candidate, but they can't all be.

[Blaze_04]

I finish it 4 days ago...Its not bad..And its not horrible...Only horrible thing is Dead man at beach...I like it...And murder is still unknown..Im not like this unknown ends : )..Like a Long Walk...
However He is Stephen King...And him every works is great

[the_constant_reader]

I got the style and can appreciate the work, but I felt it was just very... blah. I didn't connect with any of the characters and found it a hard read, which I rarely feel with SK. Maybe because I knew there was no explanation of the artists death before I read it, I didn't really care. But over all for the sake of the lost pulps, its good, just not my taste. Glad to have read it but will never return to it for a 2ND read.

[worddance]

Hate to say it, but I didn't like his one much. I loved the whole idea of SK writing a pulp detective novel and I was OK with the concept of a mystery with no ending, (very SK to explore the concept of mystery itself) but I thought the presentation fell flat. Just people talking about the past and nobody actually doing anything in the present.

Oh well. Can't win every time.

Mary

[mgencarelli]

I originally read this book in a few hours and I thought i wasnt happy with it, then once it sat with me for a little i really liked the idea of create your ending in your mind!! Def an interesting concept.