Around the same time, a young man named Greg Stillson travels across the American Midwest selling Bibles and anti-Semitic texts. The accident happens, just as Johnny foresaw, but Johnny forgets both the fall and the warning. When he regains consciousness, Johnny warns a man about a potential accident, but the man ignores him. This is an example of prime Stephen King.In 1953, a young boy named Johnny Smith slips and hits his head while ice-skating near his home. The characters are interesting and the plot is exceptional.

Still, the book is way better than the show ever was and this is one that I highly recommend to just about everyone. And I guess I’m not alone in this assessment, since there was a television show of the same name that explored that very concept.

I think the idea of seeing Johnny use his abilities to crack various cases could be intriguing. It’s unlikely that we will ever see a sequel to this book. But just trust me when I say that this one is very much worth your attention.įor reasons that I won’t mention. I prefer to take an at-a-glance approach when discussing novels instead of a detailed dissection. But I try to keep my book reviews short and sweet. There’s so much that I could say about this book. This is one that I could easily recommend to someone who has never read a King book before. The premise is nothing short of fascinating and the way King manages to weave this fantastic ability into the affairs of the real world is absolutely masterful. And, while it might not be as cerebral as The Stand, it’s still a fantastic read. I know I certainly blew through it in record time. But those details are best left for the reader to discover.Īfter King’s last big novel, The Stand, this book feels like a much lighter read. As with any Stephen King novel, there’s much more to the story than what I’ve mentioned in the summary above. But eventually, he decides use his talent to help police track down a serial killer.

At first, this ability seems a bit trivial and Johnny is hesitant to use it. When he awakens, Johnny discovers that he has the ability to touch people or objects and have clairvoyant visions about whatever he has touched. The story focuses on the character of Johnny Smith, a high-school teacher that falls into a five-year long coma after a terrible car accident. But this is one novel that I never managed to sit down with until now. Today, I’m going to focus on the fan-favorite The Dead Zone.Īs a teenager, I read a number of King’s earliest works. His novels are nothing short of addicting. But honestly, I can’t say I really regret it. I feel sort of bad for pushing all my other books aside to go on a Stephen King binge.

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