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 Reviewed by: Carla 6th Oct 2002 
 


From A Buick 8

Stephen King
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I'm still mulling over my thoughts about this book. It wasn't that I didn't like it, and it was certainly an easy read, but it just didn't seem to carry the punch of some of King's other novels. The story opens when a vintage Buick drives into a Pennsylvania gas station, quickly being abandoned by a mysterious stranger who disappears. This Buick has the appearance of a normal car until closer inspection reveals that this is a very strange car indeed. It's hauled off and stored in Shed B on the State Trooper premises where, over the next 21 years, the fascinated Troopers discover that not only is this a very strange car, it is also a very dangerous one. When the son of a deceased Trooper begins to show a disturbing interest in the car, the events that have transpired while the Buick has been sitting in Shed B are related to him through the eyes and memories of various characters who have observed it over those years. This leads to a final confrontation with the car. What the Buick really is, where it came from and why, is a mystery that will leave the reader thinking.



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Cell by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
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Everything's Eventual by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
On Writing by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
Song of Susannah by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
The Dark Tower by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
The Green Mile by Stephen King reviewed by Katie
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
Black House by Peter Straub & Stephen King reviewed by The Rev
Black House by Peter Straub & Stephen King reviewed by Carla