The Colorado Kid

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• THE COLORADO KID

  Shotsmag Reviews - The Colorado Kid by Stephen king Best known for his tales of horror, Stephen King is prone to some cross-genre dabbling. His Dark Tower epic, for example, is part epic fantasy, part Western, while The Tommyknockers mixes horror wi ... (read full critics)

  shotsmag published on Wed, 29 Sep 2010

• The Best Reviews: Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

  "Fine mystery" The two elderly reporters of the Weekly Island and their intern Stephanie are discussing unsolved mysteries with a Boston Globe reporter. Afterward Vince and David tell Stephanie about a case they shared with nobody until now; the stor ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  Stephen King always writes like a steam train, but this book was.. hmm.. meagre? Based on a newspaper article given to him by a friend, King writes the story of a dead man found on a beach. No final 'HEdunnit!', just mystery and loose ends. I assume the book appeals to a different public than his us ... (continue)

  Stephen King always writes like a steam train, but this book was.. hmm.. meagre? Based on a newspaper article given to him by a friend, King writes the story of a dead man found on a beach. No final 'HEdunnit!', just mystery and loose ends. I assume the book appeals to a different public than his usual crowd, but I - part of his usual crowd - found the story shallow and unsatisfactory.

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  Re-read it some years later

  After Haven it's a little new, and more satisfying, pleasure.

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  Saras1 said on Sep 28, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  An exercise in writing hard-boiled literature by Stephen King.
  The story is OK, but it never really rises, it never gets any pace, it seems to be going nowhere. Still more than decent, but far from being as good as I always expect from Stephen King.

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  Marco Piva said on Jan 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Mass Market Paperback 184 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0843955848
• ISBN-13: 9780843955842
• Publisher: Hard Case Crime
• Pub date: Oct 04, 2005
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 645 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani, Nederlandse Boeken

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