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Continuing my journey reading all of Stephen Kings books in publication or and next on the list was Roadwork. Not a bad book honestly but it’s too long even though it’s not that long. This could’ve been a really good short story - 200 pages would’ve been plenty.

I understand that Stephen King was creating a atmosphere with the build up and it did work but it didn’t need to be so long. This shows the reader what happens when you really let life get you down (really, really, really down). It shows us what happens when you cant see the flowers between the weeds. A story that is so believable and wouldn’t be that shocking to read in the news.

The reality of this book is why I think Stephen King says this as his favourite Bachman story. Reading this opens your eyes to how quickly your life can be turned upside down. Our main character is slowly beaten down and he can’t pick himself back up.