I have mixed feelings about Kings books and find myself enjoying some of the supernatural elements but disliking the book overall.

Like most of Kings books, this one could have ended 200 pages earlier. Just finish the book! No need for long epilogues.

This book probably works as a litmus test for Christianity. Did the Stand actually change the results or would "evil" have taken care of itself without the pilgrimage? I bet the religious would feel it made a difference while I did not.


Do you love this flu-kills-humanity setting? Read Earth Abides. Probably the best post apocalyptic book ever written.