Watching the World Fall

The most identifying trait of humanity is our ability to be inhumane to one another.

DEAN KOONTZ

I am officially about halfway through the book and like Allyssa am not going to be finished anytime soon. Although, I definitely will complete this book within the next couple months. I am totally fascinated and terrified by the world King created and will continue hoping that there is a silver lining, no matter how small, waiting for me on the last page. I have never read any of King's books, which is surprising since I grew up in a household with tons of his books on the shelf. My mom was an avid reader and always tried to get me to read them but I was too engrossed in fantasy at that point in time.

I am glad Katie chose this book, because I now know I was missing out.I really enjoy King's writing style. It is descriptive without being redundant or overpowering. He simply states what the reader needs to know and nothing more. Every word is there for a specific purpose and it's a nice break from some of the more flowery, embellished writing you find today. The Stand is such an emotionally drenched story for me. I am not having are hard time getting through because of the writing but because I am having a hard time "reading" the world fall apart. I read tons of dystopian novels but normally your introduced to the world after the cataclysmic event. In The Stand you experience everything--the beginning, middle and end. It's fascinating and totally disturbing how humanity has this ability in implode during times of struggle or in this case disease.  

Another thing I like, is despite the amount of characters we are introduced to, I don't feel overwhelmed about information. And even through only parts of their lives are shown to me, I have been able to create an emotional attachment. Which is something I normally not able to do with so many characters. I usually only like one or two and start to get bored if I am reading from a less liked character's point of view. This is something I have most recently experienced while reading The Game of Thrones series. If it's not Jon, Sansa, Bran, Daenerys or Tryion, I just don't care!  

After I finish, I will do a small post with my final thoughts. And I just wanted you guys to know I did finish the last two books that we read. I am not going to do posts, but I rated them on Goodreads.