Chris Quigley (author of Wetware) has a new review posted at his website, charnelhouse. Quigley's reviews are always dead on -- and very very therough. This most rescent posting is King's 1989 novel, The Dark Half.
.Of course, he notes that King's strength is characters. He picks up also on King's ability to change the mood of the story. Quigley writes, "With It, King used the device of a split narrative to follow two timelines that eventually merge. The Dark Half is also split, but in this case tonally instead of in terms of story. Segments focusing on the Beaumonts' domestic life are almost comforting. King's deft hand at characterization seems effortless: Thad, Liz, and their twin children William and Wendy are drawn convincingly, even gently. The intrusions of George Stark seem written by a different hand, similar in mood and intent to books King wrote under Richard Bachman's name."
.Check out the full review here: http://charnelhouse.tripod.com/darkhalf.html
Quigley's book is available here: http://www.cemeterydance.com/sh/quigley01.html
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