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It was a time before the Young Adult genre had completely made vampires not scary anymore. I first read this book in 1993 and it had a different affect on me this time than last. King is still in top form here and his love for old monster movies and comics is quite apparent. The lead is likable, as is his small group of survivors he brings along the way. King is at his most vicious here as no one in the cast is safe and they drop like flies as Barlow starts to gain hold over the town. My only criticism is that too many characters are partly developed, just so you will feel something when they inevitably perish or became undead. It helps the town to feel like a living, breathing community, the numbers just could have been trimmed down a touch. Still, a great novel for the time it was released and a must read for anyone who is sick of teen vampire romances or what the writings of Anne Rice have become the past decade.
It was a time before the Young Adult genre had completely made vampires not scary anymore. I first read this book in 1993 and it had a different affect on me this time than last. King is still in top form here and his love for old monster movies and comics is quite apparent. The lead is likable, as is his small group of survivors he brings along the way. King is at his most vicious here as no one in the cast is safe and they drop like flies as Barlow starts to gain hold over the town. My only criticism is that too many characters are partly developed, just so you will feel something when they inevitably perish or became undead. It helps the town to feel like a living, breathing community, the numbers just could have been trimmed down a touch. Still, a great novel for the time it was released and a must read for anyone who is sick of teen vampire romances or what the writings of Anne Rice have become the past decade.