Black House

Excellent book

I can understand other people's thoughts (it's moving too slow and the jargon), but actually after the first chapter, which I had to urge myself to get through, it starts to pick up a litte. A lot of it is truly gruesome and this is the first book to hit me on such an emotional level. The Marshall wife's torment and the sinister Charles Burnside only start it off. Four stars only because of the extremely slow beginning.

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Brilliant

If you're a fan of The Talisman and The Dark Tower series, this is the book for you. I agree with most of the people on here, it does start a little slow in the beginning, but if you continue past that then you are most definitely in for a treat. The plot is dense and gruesome, each twist and turn completely unexpected. By the time I finished I was unable to sleep with some terribly gruesome images spinning in my head. A great tale, possibly even better than The Talisman (which I absolutely adored).

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Where is the story.

Well kind readers I'de just like to say that this Stephen King book is sub-par as far as I'm concerned....You start reading and you get to abut page 100 and you find yourself saying "WHERE IS HE GOING WITH THIS"....THE STYLE OF WRITING SEEMS TO BE IN THE 3RD PERSON ABOUT HALF THE TIME WHICH SEEMS A LITTLE MIXED UP TO ME....And I'm telling you by the time you get to around page 200 you may just put the book down for good....King and Straub may have had an idea where they were going but to me they were just writing plain old filler....I read a lot fokes and flat out this is not an easy read, you almost haft to write down on a piece of paper all the people they have in this book, just try to keep track of 25 people in this book and you will see what I mean....Oh well to each there own I guess.

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Slow Start

The book is very slow at first and dare I say a tad boring but if you can get bast the first 100–150 pages it is well worth it.

Awesome book

U love Stephen kings books. Great suspense

Couldn't put down - Amudt Couldn't put down - a MUST buy

This is one of the best books! I read it when it was first released. It was just as execellant this time.

Love it

Like most of his books i enjoyed

Cameil chavez

I loved this book wish it would never end

Highly Recommended

I've told a few of my friends to get this book as it keeps you on the edge of your seat. I hated to put it down as I wanted to know what was going to happen next. Excellent reading!

Good read!

Kind of slow starting, but gets better with every turn of the page.

Great book!

Stephen King does it again. I could not put it down. This is a great sequel to the Talisman. I highly recommend this book to anyone that has read the Gunslinger books.

Page turner!

I loved this book! It was alittle slow for the first 100 pages or so but after that I couldnt put it down! The characters were so likeable and some down right scary! Definitely recommend!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book

Admittedly, seeing through the eye of Gorg was a bit odd until the explanation came near the end, but once it made sense, I was good with it. Great story. Much liked.

A good follow up to The Talisman

I am so glad to have extended "Travelin' Jack" and his adventures further with this book, however I will say I was a little disappointed with the story in comparison to The Talisman. Which, how can you not compare?

Overall the story was great. The characters were just as intense and incredible as those in The Talisman, but I felt throughout the book that something was missing. I'm not sure what, but it just left me slightly (ever so) disappointed.

I highly recommend the book just to get your fill of Jack & the Territories (although not quiet as prevalent this time), that in itself is why it's a great read.

Not worth the purchase price

I was very disappointed in this book by King. It was all I could do to turn the next page, it was so boring. He just goes on and on about nothing. It seemed like he had a word minimum to meet and just filled the pages with nonsense. Did we really have to read three pages of description about a character that had nothing to do with the story line? It didn't start reading like a King book until around the last two hundred pages, then it started to pick up. Still, over all I can only give it one star. Very disappointed in you Stephen King, is it time to put away the pen?

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snooze fest

i dont know how someone can write "grabs you from the beginning". I am 40 pages in and bored. The style of story telling so far has turned me to the point of putting down the book. We'll see if I actually finish it.

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Amazing , Thrilling Book

I, at first, was not too interested in reading this book (but I am a huge Stephen King fan) cuz I was busy reading the Dark-Hunter Series from Sherrilyn Kenyon. But, I took a break from the series and decided to read Black House. The book was amazing. I couldn't put it down cuz I HAD to know what happened to the end.... Once you get towards the middle, you have to continue cuz it gets super interesting! I recommend this book and Stephen King is still the man! Thumbs up to Peter Straub as well.

Black House

Very good read....Slow at times....

Black House

This book makes reference to The Dark Tower series. I didn't like this as much as The Talisman, but still a good read.

IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD RATE THIS A RECOMMENDING OUTSTANDING NOVEL!

The sequel the nationwide besteller THE TALISMAN: the setting is to be expected and nevertheless the plotting, the plotting is no doubt a masterpiece to a great thriller.