FIRESTARTER (Stephen King) - September 14/09

It took me months to finish this (the initial copy I got from the library was missing about 40 pages). And unlike most of King's books, this one felt long. With its wafer-thin storyline, King ensures that the book is probably about double the length it needs to be - which he accomplishes by describing the hell out of everything. There's plenty to like, though, as it's just as brutal and violent as one might've hoped (and it also doesn't hurt that King has created a pair of indelible characters in Charlie and Andy). **1/2 out of ****