This week for the Fiction Friday feature, I’m reviewing the horror novel, The Dead Zone by Stephen King. This book was published in 1979 with a page count of 428 pages. The audiobook is 16 hours and 12 minutes long and read by James Franco. The following overview is provided from Barnes and Noble: Johnny Smith awakens from a five-coma after his car accident and discovers that he can see people’s futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiancée married another man during his coma and people clamor for him to solve their problems. When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician, he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future.
This was a good read. I enjoyed it and loved the plot. This is what I would expect from King at this point in my read-through of his works. I took the time to listen to the audiobook as well. I was a little hesitant about the work being read by James Franco. Franco can be a hit or miss for me. However, this was well done. In areas that came off flat to me when read, had weight to them thanks to Franco’s performance. I liked this novel however it doesn’t break into the top 3 for me.
I give this novel 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Next week for the Fiction Friday feature, I’m reviewing the fifth book in the House of Night novel, Hunted. Until then read on; Nerd out!