Review - The Stand

My mum always whines on about Stephen King being a horrible writer, etc, etc. But my brother loves his writing, so I ended up deciding to give it a try, and asked which book I should read. I ended up getting the complete and uncut version of The Stand. Which I loved, and devoured within less than a week.

I really liked the way this book got set up. I didn't think there was too much of it. I got to really like the characters, really feel for them -- particularly Stuart Redman and Nick Andros. I was genuinely upset when Nick died. And the premise is just... believable. I loved the way things were carefully spun out, and I think that the elements of supernatural things were interesting -- almost believable as well, and the way it was written, I didn't really need to work hard to suspend disbelief.

So, despite my mum's naysaying, I think I'll mooch a couple more of Stephen King's books. Any recommendations?

(He even gets a tag to himself on this journal, 'cause I know I'm going to pick up, read, and then review more of his stuff.)