The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

[lightreads]

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A sad, quietly edgy novella. Two aging newspapermen (off the coast of Maine, naturally) tell their young intern the story of a dead body found on the beach 25 years ago, and the weird, unsatisfying investigation.

Pretty, and full of the Maine accents and manners King has single-handedly endeared to the rest of America. It's a story about when there's not a story, no "through line," as one of the characters puts it. A story about how to take a mystery with no answer and fit it onto the page. It's a bit too pointedly meta about the whole thing, but it's a lovely little read for a cold fall day anyway.

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Comments

[merryish.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's exactly what I'd say about From a Buick 8. Interesting. Even though King wrote it, I've never really had any interest in The Colorado Kid. Sounds like I might have done the genre equivalent of reading it already, though...

[lightreads.livejournal.com]

Hmm, and I haven't read that one. I'm picking through his stuff, rereading things as an adult for the first time and picking up the ones I missed. He really can write a story, when he wants to.