The Dead Zone
Stephen King

Johnny, the small boy who skated at breakneck speed into an accident that for one horrifying moment plunged him into the Dead Zone.
Johnny Smith, the small town schoolteacher who spun the wheel of fortune and won a four and a half year trip into the Dead Zone.
John Smith, who awakened from an interminable coma with an accursed power - the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in the Dead Zone.


This classic King novel also is one of his earlier ones, but it has none of the issues that Carrie did. Between these two books, he did a lot of growing as a writer and became a force to be reckoned with.

This is the story of a man with a terrifying power, the power to touch someone and know something about them. Whether it's what kind of dog they own, that their house is currently on fire, that they will die later that day if they go to the place they were planning on, or that a certain politician will bring the nuclear holocaust upon the entire world. And with these flashes of knowledge comes the question - should he act? If so, what should he do?

This book drags a bit at the beginning, but that's needed to show the passage of time while John is in the coma. However, once he awakens from the coma, things pick up rather quickly and become very interesting very quickly.

The novel is classic King for a reason - it's near perfect. A fantastic plot, a good pace, character that are real and that the reader will care about, and some very tough choices that the protagonist must make.

There's not much negative that can be said about it. If you haven't read it, I recommend that you do.

My rating: Four and a half out of five snails.