cobb%srvax.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (06/26/85)
From: cobb%srvax.DEC@decwrl.ARPA
Review of "ROADWORK" by Richard Bachman/Stephen King.
"ROADWORK" is the worst (in my opinion) of the 'Bachman' books. It's not
that the book is terrible, it's just slow and it really doesn't end the way I
would have thought.
The story is about a worker at the towns big laundry, who because of a
new freeway is having to move out of his house. "ROADWORK" follows the main
character in his fight against the 'CITY'. This book is like "RAGE" in that
the main character has mental problems, the best thing about the book is the
sections where we follow this man's trip away from sanity. Along the way our
'hero' loses his wife, his mind, discovers drugs and many other things I won't
list here. This is not an upbeat story ! A lot of times I found myself thinking
why is this guy being so stupid, a lot of the bad things that happen to this
guy are his own fault. I liked the book, but it's just not up to King's normal
standard. I give it a 6 out of 10.
In "ROADWORK" there is an pressure ironing/pressing machine that the
employees of the laundry call 'THE MANGLER', when I read this I couldn't
help but think about "NIGHT SHIFT".
I wouldn't put this on any must read lists, but, if your a KING fan like
myself it's worth the time. And, since this will be in the 4-in-1 omnibus
edition, you'll have it anyway if you want to read the others.
Ken Cobb