Book: Firestarter
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 512
This is my 72nd read for the year
This is the story of Andy McGee and his daughter Charlie. Andy and his late wife, Vicky, had volunteered in college as test subjects. While they developed psychic abilities, their child Charlie developed pyrokinesis, and has become extremely dangerous because she cannot control it. Charlie and her dad are on the run from "The Shop" - the folks that ran the experimental testing on her parents - to end Charlie's life because they fear that she may set the world on fire.
This was a weird book. King is a gifted writer, but the story itself was a bit strange. It started out strong, and then it started to drag a bit. There was so much dialogue, that I found myself wanting Mr. King to just get on with it and get back to the point. It was a good novel (and an old one) but not his best in my opinion.
Stars: 3.5
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