Rage

this cost me $55 to read because it's an out of print book but trust me when i tell you i would've paid a grand for this book.
I think this is the perfect bite sized King book that you could give to someone who has never read King. The story is short but the characters are so well built and you feel like you really get to know them. This is the perfect segway to his other books. It's not scary or anything but a great look into human behaviour (which most king books are about) and how emotions can be the scariest thing in the world.
Loved the cast of characters and i will miss them!

I came across Guns where he referenced this book a few times. I had to search google to find it to read. I was blown away by how good it was, this is the first time I read something by Stephen that was not a horror novel.

This can be adapted to an excellent screen play if there wasn't so much controversy surrounding this book. I could relate to Charlie with being fed up with teachers and parents, however his course of action was extremely wrong, and he was failed by everyone around him.

One review mentions Charlie's lack of depth and I agree spot on. Charlie felt very one dimensional and seemed to be written so that you feel sympathy for him. Not once throughout the story did he take responsibility for his actions, instead he told stories about his life that shaped the person that led him to his algebra classroom

This was a pleasant surprise. Everybody seems to hate it and while the beginning is really edgy and bad the book gets progressively better until it kinda morphs into Lord of the Flies. If it was better written, less edgy (I think that's how King tried to mask his style), if the killings weren't mindless but those people actually hurt Charlie it could've been even better, more relatable. The way it is I feel like it only reinforces the school shooter stereotype of mindless killing which is a shame.