Stephen King's Rage Book Review

[@jwnj9716]

When it comes to Bachman, you know its going to be brutal.

[@turtleanton6539]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mothl1253]

According to King, it was Michael Carneal's shooting of 8 fellow students (killing three) in Kentucky in December 1997 that decided him on letting it go out of print, as Carneal had a copy of 'Rage' in his pocket at the time (very Mark Chapman). Other incidents of school shooters owning the book led up to it. He had enough.

[@FINALSTANDFOLEYOFFICIAL]

The only Bachman book I can’t get a hold of. Can’t seem to get a physical copy anywhere.

[@FINALSTANDFOLEYOFFICIAL]

I think I’ll give it a go. Thnks

[@saeed7099]

It's no longer being published.

[@kynsleigh]

My local library has "The Bachman Books" which includes Rage. You probably won't find Rage in print as a stand alone book and if you do it will most likely be very expensive. But you could more easily find the collection. Call your local library and ask them or check a used book store or thrift store.

[@ianwright6738]

As a bully victim. I can sympathize with Charlie because a incident happened at my senior year of high school.

[@SargentGrey]

Great review! Rage has always intrigued me, maybe because it is so rare nowadays and seems ahead of its time content-wise. Wish I could find a copy to read.

[@MrSekeeroMan]

Do a review on The Shining.

[@T-Hyde]

I am hoping to see a review of The Shining, Carrie and/or The Body 👌

[@roeescharf104]

Actually, there were some high school shootings where the students had a copy of Rage in their lockers, and one even quoted the book while terrorizing.

[@turtleanton6539]

@Lord Voldemort i want this too

[@williamhaddix809]

I wanted to say I really enjoy your reviews and wish you would upload more.

[@oliviacrocker6379]

It’s interesting to see what sticks to other’s minds when they read books. For me, I was most fascinated by the dynamic between Charlie and Ted. This gripped me much in the way Garraty and Stebbins gripped me in The Long Walk. I’d say Stephen King is my favorite author, but that’s not quite accurate. The author who has impacted and haunted me the most is Richard Bachman.

[@mothl1253]

The first time I read it (30 years ago, I feel old) I was fascinated by the business with Ted. Especially the echo from Golding's 'Lord Of The Flies' when the students fall upon Ted. Sucks to be Ted.

[@xoxoRachelZegerSuperfan]

@@mothl1253 that was so brutal especially because he’s left catatonic when he was the only sensible one of the kids

[@Cthulhu1991]

Funny cuz my copy of The Running Man is 400 pages lol they musta had real small print back then

[@angiestone2818]

I have read blaze and the long walk. They we're fantastic stories.

[@turtleanton6539]

True

[@catrinadollsandsugarskulls9865]

One of the first school shootings (in paducah ky my home town) which started the string before Columbine, the kid that did the shootings had a copy of Rage in his locker. That was the straw that broke the camel's back because there had been other instances before that time. I understand why he pulled the book. Even though it's not his fault, I felt it was a prudent and respectful choice.

[@LiViNgSTANN]

No thoughts on Ted and the Final Order of Business?

[@scottpurcell7465]

Excellent review. I believe Charlie's main problem, on top of those you discussed, was a wrathful despair at being unable to forge meaningful connections with others.

[@markpippin5437]

The Charles Whitman shooting in Austin was probably part of the reason Rage was written.

[@crazykatchic]

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[@zacharychapman6691]

I think backman could give Stephen king a run for his money. I can't pick which of them is the better writer.

[@YoutubeVideos-im7qj]

Hii, I finished reading rage and I really enjoyed it. He's a raw Steve, but there's something specific there that makes him good, though brutal. Sorry my english of shit hahahah

[@Mark-pd8eb]

Neat review. Not sure if this was just me, but I could here his voice get shacky, eyes started to water (slightly) at times. Maybe I'm just imagining, but I picked up on it. I'm a new viewer of this channel; as well as a new King fan. Great content, Frosty Knives.

[@alex_luke]

Stephen king only did 5 books under the name Richard bachman right? And these were rage;thinner the running man roadwork and the long walk

[@FrostyKnives]

Alex He also did The Regulators and Blaze

[@alex_luke]

@@FrostyKnives oh he did thx so that's 7 in total I thought he only did 5 thanks for telling me

[@FrostyKnives]

Alex He was planning releasing Misery under the Bachman name before he got outed lol

[@alex_luke]

@@FrostyKnives Yeah i knew that but do you know the reason why Stephen king decided to be Richard Bachman?

[@FrostyKnives]

Alex He was writing a lot and didn’t want to oversaturate the market with King books

[@sethcaldwell3708]

Love your Stephen king book reviews. Do more I love them!!!!!

[@robertjustice3814]

I hope this is an encouragement to you- I’ve always been a Stephen King “fan” in the sense that I’ve known his movies, but for years I’d only read Carrie due to a lack of attention span. I’ve just recently as an adult (born in 1991) had the mental stamina to read through his books while I’ve had time, and I have a lot to catch up with. Every single time I finish one of his books I come straight here to see if you’ve reviewed it and you never disappoint. Your insights even help me process what I’ve just finished better. Keep it up!

[@patcoston]

Stephen King was not in high school in 1969. He was born Sep 1947. He'd be 22 by Sep 1969. He wrote The Long Walk as a Freshman in college from 1966 to 1967, so I doubt he went back to high school when he was a junior in college in 1969. You had 27 errors in your review of The Long Walk, the highest numbers of errors on KZbin! patcoston.com/stephenking/TheLongWalk-VideoReviews.aspx Although your reviews are interesting, I feel they are not accurate.

[@joshkosecki1024]

Douche

[@patcoston]

​@@joshkosecki1024 His review had 27 errors. You should be giving me thumbs up for pointing this out. I've counted the errors in every TLW review on KZbin and this one is the most inaccurate. It's also one of the most entertaining, but I'd rather having boring and accurate. He seems to say things just because they sound good like "Three strikes and you're out". This seems to be phenomenon with The Long Walk. I have not noticed BookTubers making tons of errors for other books. I've read The Long Walk 24 times and took notes every time except the first time. I understand why BookTubers misunderstand the book after one read. I didn't fully understand how the warnings and tickets worked until about the 10th read. It's like a puzzle. To figure out the age range is 13 to 18, you have to take notice of two different excerpts from different parts of the book. Excerpt: most of the kids in the country over twelve take the tests but only one in fifty passes. Excerpt: Why don't you just get up off your fat ass and go to it with us? But the milkman was past eighteen. What nobody realizes is that the warnings are based on a 2-minute timer and their timer counts down when their speed in the correct direction falls below 4 mph. They get courtesy warnings at 90, 60, 30 and a ticket at 0. They get visual warnings when their timer is under 15 seconds and their speed in the correct direction falls below 4 mph, which is the carbine rifles being pointed at you. They get penalty warnings when they violate some rule like interfering with another walkers. In that case, their timers instantly drop to 90, 60, 30 or 0 (ticket). If they walk for an hour with getting a warning, they lose a warning, which means their timers get reset to 60, 90 or 120. They also get tickets for leaving the road or attacking a soldier. Spectators can also get tickets for interference.

[@georgeburch5460]

what's a book?

[@strumdynasty3050]

I didn’t watc the video, but you got some details wrong. King started writing the book when he was 18 or 19, and finished it when he was 23 or 24. He also took it out of print LONG before Sandy Hook.

[@peterconlon8234]

If I recall correctly...it was the Paducah shooting, followed by Columbine that led him to let it fall out of print.

[@robynprice8289]

He took it out of print in 1997 or 1998 I believe.

[@jackson2864]

Good video Frosty!!

[@nathanhayes1580]

Thats me in a past life

[@justin5002]

Titus, the helpful padlock.

[@nicholasnoriega1205]

Going in publication order and Rage was the first book I didn’t like. They were bits and pieces I did but I just didn’t like it.

[@devinpaul9026]

Ain't nothin' changed. We're all so learn-ed, we've come so far, we've learned so much-- and shit's worse now than it's ever been. We kept all the same evil old shit-- except we sanitized the basic personal humanity out of it. On some level it's ALWAYS been like this, and we all know it always will be. Well, it'll likely keep gettin' worse until we up and job ourselves for keeps, at any rate. Which, all respect to King as an author, he's really all I read-- but he's contributing to that very sanitized silencing of societal ills himself by nixin' this one. Just sayin'.

[@backup_r5401]

Another great review.

[@davidbrandes4999]

It’s not honest, that is not how it would go down if this were to happen. It’s a fantasy of would would Accually happen, but I think it definitely influenced the breakfast club

[@GarrettRudd03]

Hi

[@jinchoung]

it is interesting how most people hold that media like this cannot be held responsible for the tragedies that mimic events portrayed in them. but... i mean, that seems to be selling the power of story telling short. a kind of lack of self esteem. after all, people don't engage in PROPAGANDA because it DOESN'T work... right? if we claim that story telling has any kind of power whatsoever, we should admit that it most probably does have the power to do harm in the world too. of course, it would be equally as wrong to say that a book or movie was the sole or even primary cause of any such tragedy, especially when hundreds of thousands or even millions of others consumed the same content without being driven to homicide. and yet, it CAN have played a part. so i think it's a cop out to say that books, movies, etc. can't do harm - to individuals and to entire societies. but that does have to get balanced out with the need for free speech. and it's probably for fear of losing the second that almost everyone lies about the first. but it IS a lie. stories can cause harm. and it's a dangerous author who doesn't understand that.

[@patcoston]

Review the hot-mess known as The Tommyknockers and the Mr. Mercedes trilogy.

[@patcoston]

@LottieWhales The Outsider is a kind of spin-off from Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch because Holly Gibney is in all 4.

[@turtleanton6539]

@@patcoston yep

[@turtleanton6539]

Tommyknockers suck

[@ducksnhell]

Good review

[@charlesmoore6631]

You kind of look like a young Stephen King.

[@javeydones5163]

Charles Moore Not really. Stephen King is a very ugly man, with that comes a very unique appearance. This guy looks nothing like King.

[@ceeemm1169]

SK #1

[@Bearthorn]

Horrible