Alli’s Reviews > The Stand > Status Update

Best chapter of the book so far. This is King at his best. This feels like It.

I was imagining the Stand would be like Alice’s big battle premonition in Twilight, but instead we’re stuck with these four boneheads for the last 400 pages? Sometimes I just wish King would outline before writing…

I’m bored of Boulder but I love the couple that moved in together. Dramaaa. Felt very emotional about the talk of all the banal and mundane that is lost and will be missed. Very weird to be reading this in given the state of the US in early 2025. A world in ruins and the ever-present threat of a pure evil man and his followers all set on death and destruction…

Even if there was no more plot development for the remaining 800 pages, this would still be 5 stars. The character development is unbelievable.

Reading pandemic lit while sick is trippy. The scene where Lloyd meets Randall was unforgettable.