Matthew Royal reviewed Rage by Stephen King
Review of 'Rage' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
A very generation-specific story about societal repression.
English language
Published Nov. 11, 1977
Rage
Rage (written as Getting It On; the title was changed before publication) is a psychological thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, the first he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was first published in 1977 and then, it was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel describes a school shooting, and has been associated with actual high school shooting incidents in the 1980s and 1990s. In response, King allowed the novel to fall out of print, and in 2013, he published a non-fiction, anti-firearms violence essay titled "Guns".
Rage (written as Getting It On; the title was changed before publication) is a psychological thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, the first he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was first published in 1977 and then, it was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel describes a school shooting, and has been associated with actual high school shooting incidents in the 1980s and 1990s. In response, King allowed the novel to fall out of print, and in 2013, he published a non-fiction, anti-firearms violence essay titled "Guns".
garrett reviewed Rage by Stephen King
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1 star
Anyone saying that they don't understand why this book is out of print hasn't read it. This book sucks and anyone who "likes" it isn't someone you should listen to. Yeah, the whole "angry at the world" thing sucks and probably shouldn't be heralded but the fact that an absolutely unlikable character should be some type of antihero worth appreciation at all is just insulting to a reader looking for a good story. King says this was written primarily in high school and it shows.
Anyone saying that they don't understand why this book is out of print hasn't read it. This book sucks and anyone who "likes" it isn't someone you should listen to. Yeah, the whole "angry at the world" thing sucks and probably shouldn't be heralded but the fact that an absolutely unlikable character should be some type of antihero worth appreciation at all is just insulting to a reader looking for a good story. King says this was written primarily in high school and it shows.
satyajit reviewed Rage by Stephen King
Review of 'Rage' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Part of the Great Stephen King ReRead of 2017.
vin_aigre reviewed Rage by Stephen King
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5 stars
“When you’re five and you hurt, you make a big noise unto the world. At ten you whimper. But by the time you make fifteen you begin to eat the poisoned apples that grow on your own inner tree of pain.”
“Lunacy is when you can’t see the seams where they stitched the world together anymore.”
Furthermore, lunacy is waiting until now to read Stephen King. To make things right, however, I present you my current iBooks population:Side note: make acquaintance of all the Charlie’s you know of. There’s good chance they are psycho. And trust me, you would not want to miss out on that.
Chewbury reviewed Rage by Stephen King
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3 stars
Obviously a very early work (his first, I think). Carries (see what I did there?) lots of echoes of the writer Stephen King would become.
Grey reviewed Rage by Stephen King
Review of 'Rage' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I've never really been a huge fan of Stephen King, some of the books I've read from him I've enjoyed, but they were the older ones. I find his stuff to be largely "filler", and not very meaty, so I get bored.
However, a friend of mine suggested I read the books he wrote as Bachman, because they're raw and hard hitting. That's the kind of writing I like. I wasn't sure how different they could be in comparison to his later stuff as King, but after reading the first book Rage from the quartet book The Bachman Books, I can definitely say I enjoyed it. I think this is the style in which he'd write, if he didn't have to play to a crowd, and fill pages with unnecessary junk.
Anything else I say at this point would be a spoiler, so I'll leave it there; except to …
I've never really been a huge fan of Stephen King, some of the books I've read from him I've enjoyed, but they were the older ones. I find his stuff to be largely "filler", and not very meaty, so I get bored.
However, a friend of mine suggested I read the books he wrote as Bachman, because they're raw and hard hitting. That's the kind of writing I like. I wasn't sure how different they could be in comparison to his later stuff as King, but after reading the first book Rage from the quartet book The Bachman Books, I can definitely say I enjoyed it. I think this is the style in which he'd write, if he didn't have to play to a crowd, and fill pages with unnecessary junk.
Anything else I say at this point would be a spoiler, so I'll leave it there; except to say that I also found it amusing on several occasions. That might just be my brand of dark humour.
