The Dead Zone – Stephen King

The Dead Zone – Stephen King

The two things that conjured up that horrible night, were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune, and the mask…

Meet Johnny Smith. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. Followed by blackness. A long, long time in cold limbo.

When he wakes up life has been turned upside down. His fiancée has met someone else. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men’s souls. He’s had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. Now he has an ability to see into the future. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous man…

My Review of The Dead Zone

I have made it my mission starting this year to read more Stephen King. Even though I have read quite a few of his books – I still have not really scratched the surface.
I’m not reading in any particular order, just what I feel like reading at the time.

So I decided to try the dead zone. This is one of his earlier works and one that I had heard of, but not yet read.

Johnny Smith has a car accident and wakes up nearly 5 years later. He had missed 5 years of the prime of his life and has woken with something strange happening. He can touch objects or people and see things about them. Although what he can’t see is in the “dead zone”.

I tried the audio version of this and mostly enjoyed the narration of James Franco. Although all his accents seem to be the same.

In classic King style, it has some very creepy moments. I enjoyed how Johnny had to live with this power which he really didn’t gel with a lot of the time. Some shivers went up my spine a few times.

I won’t go too much into the prophetic story of the crazy politician. Johnny and perhaps King himself looking into the future in this story!??

Overall a really solid story, highly entertaining, and another quality King to tick off my reading list!

(4 / 5)

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