The Colorado Kid
By Stephen King
- Release Date: 2005-10-04
- Genre: Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Description
No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world's great storytellers presents a surprising tale that explores the nature of mystery itself...
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues.
But that's just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. Was it an impossible crime? Or something stranger still?
Reviews
a unique experience
5By Rich - 38 years old - SoCala book .. without Resolution .. sounds painful .. it is, yet i enjoy the whole spirit of thus .. kinda like watching 2001 a space odyssey, each viewer can come up with theories of their own, discuss with others.. reading The Colorado Kid was a unique experience and i'm glad i went on the rideNot Mr. King’s Best
2By sly2920A story about nothing, kind of like a boring Seinfeld episode. I’ve read a lot of Stephen King. I’d pass on this one.Let’s your mind run
5By Mind stretcherPlayful good fun an easy read that will exercise the brain!Enjoy the Ride!
4By atomdmrnWonderfully written; if you're into a thought-provoking tale, then this one is for you! If you're someone who needs fact and solution to find plots enjoyable, may want to stray from the Colorado Kid.Colorado Kid
3By StarMountain#7Interesting, we are always looking for a conclusion to everything, and when we don’t find it, than it leaves us a little perplexed.Going into the Story
5By jj's waySo interesting to peer in someone’s day like this. Sitting there as an invisible spectator. I think Stephen King is a master of putting the reader into the scene.So bad I couldn’t finish it.
1By Reckia6I tried reading this book twice but never made it past the first few chapters and even that was a struggle. It’s the way his main characters talk that put me off. Raar!Very weak tea from an espresso writer
1By vinnibobDisappointing in all aspects, this tepid performance fails to deliver anything interesting. I’m just stunned this was written by Mr. King, as if he was possessed by some demon that sapped him of his creative talent. I guess you can’t hit a homerun every time to the plate.Waste of time
1By @states50I like Stephen King’s writing-usually- but ended up frustrated and disappointed. The story... first it isn’t a story, it two old men telling a story with no end. Very unsatisfactory. Only a guy like Stephen King, who sells a jillion books, could get away with this. No agent or editor would take this not-a-story and publish it.THE COLORADO KID
4By CarolMO-13.5 Stars. No horror here, but still a worthwhile read in my book! Stephen King states there will be no middle ground on this novel.....that readers will either hate it or love it. As for me, I really enjoyed it as well as discovering in the Afterward what motivated him to write what is depicted as a hard-case-crime mystery. I loved the two "old geezers" (as Mr. King calls them) that own the Weekly Islander newspaper on Moose-Lookit Island, and the way they quizzed and inspired their 22 year old summer intern Stephanie. As for the case of THE COLORADO KID itself, I whizzed right through the telling eager to find out what happened to the mysterious dead man with no identification, and.....was even fine with the ending. This one won't make my favorites shelf, but it held my attention throughout, and I do love the cover even though "she" is not how I envisioned Stephanie.Willie
5By Slic WilliAnother great read by King !!!!!!!Colorado Kid
1By BonimarciI had read that Stephen King didn't like this book, I understand why now. I love the Syfy series Haven I had to read the book it was based on. It was very disappointing.AWESOME
5By Number1FemboyWow this book is awesome, and I can't believe that my favorite show (Haven) is based off of what is now my favorite book.Mystery
3By Keric66Not sure what to think of this one. I wanted more. Seemed it just ended without finality but it will keep me wondering and thinking. That makes it a good book. As usual, the writing is excellent.Crime Novel
4By MEWhiteWitch24I love that there isn't really a solution to the story, sorry for spoilers. It led me to question the book well after reading, and it crept into my mind throught the next few days. Wonderful characters as well!Lacks an ending.
1By IvyVirusKing spends the whole book setting up a mystery and then does not solve it. Leaves you wanting in the end, in a bad way.Refund please
1By rtyuejhgdfThe book was so disappointing that even King apologizes in the afterword. Had I read that first, I surely would not have wasted my limited time!Great short story
5By boci89I could not put this down. Good mystery story.A non-review review
4By Suzy (thunder rolls)I have said many times that I am an unabashed Stephen King fan. Not so much a fan of the " horror story" genre but rather a fan of the story telling variety. The Colorado Kid is yet another example of Mr. King's story telling chops. It is a story about no story at all. It is merely a series of facts and data as related to a young reporter working a small town newspaper beat. There is no real beginning and certainly no end. There are Mr. King's well developed characters, characters you feel like you know. The book is, for the most part, little more than a warm afternoon conversation with friends about the oddities of life. Yet, the way this non-story guides you along makes you wish it could go on forever. Somewhere in there I realized it wasn't the non-story I was enjoying, it was the music of the language, his skill with dialogue. A nice drive in Maine or stroll on the beach or loll in the sun - however you choose to look at it.
