I Read EVERY Stephen King Book 🔪📚 The Stand, The Long Walk, The Dead Zone & Firestarter!

[@giuliatadei2527]

The Long Walk, for me, is a metaphor for war. How boys barely out of teen volunteer for it even knowing they will probably die in search of a very vague prize/glory.

[@happygoathorror]

@@giuliatadei2527 that’s an excellent observation!

[@allgirlreview433]

I still think about this book 30+ years later.

[@GilmarGirl]

I've never thought of it that way but that's an interesting reading! I can definitely see it

[@KittyxKult]

My favorite chapter in The Stand is the one covering the deaths not related to the virus. This book is so impactful

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

The No Great Loss chapter is tragic because he develops the characters so well and then kills them off in increasingly stupid ways

[@bethbergeron5840]

Same! I read that book probably 20 years ago and for some reason those scenes have stuck with me.

[@_Intheworks_]

I love Gavin beefing with an old man in The Stand 😂 The Long Walk and The Stand are my two fav Stephen King books, I love McVaries and Nick!

[@michellecgb]

“I don’t know what love feels like” same, babes, same 😂😂😂

[@ThatPurpleGirl81]

Yes, Gavin, everything is connected in the Stephen King universe! You get a LOT of that in the Dark Tower series (the Dark Man has many names...like Flagg). I love all of these books, especially The Dead Zone, which was made into an excellent movie you should def check it out if you have the chance. Happy reading love your videos. 💜

[@Virgo__]

I really loved The Stand. I kept getting so engrossed in it that I found myself stressing during other activities, and randomly thinking things like, 'So what are you going to do about this end of the world situation?' 😂. I literally kept forgetting it wasn't my reality, and that never happens to me with any media.

[@ryreads]

This cracked me up and made my day!

[@sailortwips]

The little gasp I let out when I just saw this in me feed 😂 I recently found this channel and have been catching up on all the old videos. I caught up this week and have been in withdrawals lol I've really missed having a Gavin video to watch each night 😣 So looking forward to this! (Although I'll be skipping The Stand and The Long Walk because I still want to try those) 💜💜

[@KatieColson]

I have the EXACT same feelings about The Stand. While you were first talking about it, I went online and put the Barnes & Noble special edition in my cart cause I was fully convinced that this had to be one of the best books I’d ever read. Then when you got to the second half the book, I remembered how disappointed I was with the direction it took and how it really dropped the ball (for ME)

[@usilvet]

Out of all the King’s books I’ve read so far, I think The Long walk impacted me the most. Can’t even explain why to be honest, I don’t think it’s his best book or anything, but I went through so many incredibly strong emotions while reading it, and it stayed with me for a long long time after. I found myself still thinking about it days later, and still feeling emotional.

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

The Long Walk is my favorite Stephen King, I wonder if it was a direct influence on the Hunger Games- televised teens competing to the death...

[@megs_bookrack]

Yeah, The Dead Zone is underrated, as is The Dark Half (excited for you to get to that) -- everything is connected. Never feel like you are reading too much into it. You're not ❤ Someday, after you finish this project, you can read The Dark Tower series, then go back and read The Stand. It will change your perspective on some of the things in the second half 😂 it is true Randall Flagg goes by many names!😊

[@angelaholmes8888]

Totally agree about the dead zone book I absolutely enjoyed the film adaptation

[@Lifeonasofa]

Loving this series! Can’t wait to get your finally rankings!

[@KayoYuuki]

My first king book was the stand, I read it around Halloween 2019, imagine the fear and anxiety I've felt watching the news and seeing this weird virus going around, the dread of not being able to breathe properly and my diagnosis in February 2020, omg this book lived rent free on my mind. Anyways good video, keep the good work ty

[@tiffanyanne7861]

The Long Walk is my favourite King. It’s an allegory for the Vietnam war but it also remains so impactful in modern times as well. The Dead Zone is amazing too

[@smittenforfiction]

Welcome to the Stephen King multiverse lol I haven't read all of King's work yet. My favs are Carrie, Salem's Lot, The Shining, The Stand, The Long Walk, and The Running Man.

[@sleuthytv1228]

Your library looks amazing all decorated for fall :)

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Nice to see Gavhen King is back and good job on reading all the books 👏🏽

[@andrewmurphy5055]

The Dead Zone is fantastic. Definitely a top ten King book. The tv show was actually top class as well

[@jeanninethompson6243]

I love Stephen king books but you are right about his choice of language. I love The Stand! It gets slow in the middle but the beginning and ending are epic.

[@r4ch4elreads]

Loving this series Gavin! I adore the Stand, and want to read The Long Walk soon. I got chills listening to you talk about The Stand. You should definitely check out the mini series from the 90s (not so much the recent tv series which got widely panned)

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

I was so so excited for the 2020 miniseries as it had the potential to be amazing as it had more time to tell the story………..oh how WRONG I was! The Stand is NOT the Harold Lauder story !

[@rachael_d]

@@sauronbagginsd8032 potential it categorically didn't live up to from what I've heard. I've avoided it because I liked the mini series so much, I didn't want it tainted by the new one 🙈

[@zeallygreen]

I love The Dead Zone, definitely in my top 3 Stephen King novels. Loving this series as I’m also trying to read all things King. 💚💚

[@tammycrews2067]

I love hearing you talk about the stand. You are fabulous

[@LarkandLegend]

It’s the Majora’s Mask audio bits for me lol. This was great fun, so thank you for letting me experience these stories secondhand 💜

[@titilili987]

I’m so happy you read the long walk !! I needed to have your opinion on the book ! I’m glad we have similar opinions about the book !!!

[@norfolkreads]

Loving this series Gavin! I've read about 30 Kings now and one of my fave things is how he drops little references in from other books, so fun :)

[@TheBookHermie]

I'm kinda obsessed with the way your chair and outfit matches the cover of The Stand...

[@robinmitchell1721]

Misery (1987) is a psychological horror that scared me! Maybe it can be on your next Steven King TBR list

[@flwrchldbeck]

I read The Stand in high school which wasn’t very recently *cough cough*. Now you may have convinced me to read it again after all these years. I remember loving it at the time!

[@angelaholmes8888]

Stephen king was a teenager when he wrote the long walk it's actually his first book

[@ShainaInColorland]

You sold me on The Dead Zone Gav! Will have to pick that one up one of these days for sure! 💜

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Yayyy!! Hope you enjoy it 🥰

[@gogo_lopez]

This was a delight, as always ❤ I haven't read any out of the next episode's TBR, but the Christine movie was A RIDE for sure (hehe)

[@KaylaDiane23]

Ohhh Christine was my first Stephen King book I read and LOVED IT. I read Cujo third and I soft DNF’d at 100 pages because I could not get into it.

[@GavinReadsItAll]

I haven't read Christine but I did read Cujo back in 2019 and had to stop halfway cause a pet died while I was reading it, and I couldn't continue, but I did end up finishing it months later and I seem to remember not minding it, but I cannot remember my full thoughts at this point haha, but yay now I am very excited for Christine!

[@kirstyes]

I recommend The Stand tv miniseries with Rob Lowe, Milly Ringwold and Gary Sinese.

[@bethbergeron5840]

Yes!! They did a new one and while I think it stays more true to the novel its casting just isn’t as good.

[@Emma_S76]

I haven't read The Long Wallk, but have read all the others. I found it hard to pick just one on the poll, but I went with The Stand. I did really enjoy them all though!

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Ooo I hope you get to the Long Walk at some point, I thought it was great

[@callistoursus8300]

I finished Firestarter a few days ago and I totally agree with everything you said! So far it's my least favorite King (but I haven't read as much) It had so much potential and i "liked" the Rainbird and Charlie dynamic but the plot was very underwhelming.

[@queenkim8631]

The Dead Zone sounds so interesting!! I'm definitely adding it to my tbr

[@angelaholmes8888]

The book is perfect to read during fall I absolutely enjoyed it

[@oneeyewitch]

I love these videos. I'm also planning to do the same thing but I had this planned for years I've been slowly collecting the books. Haven't decided what to call the series yet lol.

[@jenniferrux7722]

The Stand is my all time favorite book and I would die for Larry Underwood. He was my favorite in the book and the actor who plays him in the original mini-series sells him.

[@ReadingNymph]

Im enjoying hearing your thoughts on all the Stephen King books. Looking forward to hearing about cujo

[@noelanikaanana]

I'm enjoying this series because it's helping me pick which books to pick up and which to skip.

[@VeraFran]

I never read The Dead Zone but I used to watch and love the TV show based on the book with Anthony Michael Hall as John Smith.

[@tabithamiscellania]

The Dead Zone was the first Stephen King I ever read. I picked it up because I saw the show for a season or so. Even though that book is so not a genre I read, I could not put it down. He really puts crack in the pages

[@chasitydeanna4861]

One King novel that intrigued me in high school that I don't hear mentioned very often is Insomnia. I just loved the idea of being able to visibly see people's life force/ aura ❤

[@shannonquinn]

I absolutely LOVED The Stand, but I do enjoy the parts of building their society, seeing the complex character development etc. I can definitely see why someone wouldn't like it as much if that part isn't your jam. I also loved The Long Walk......until the end. I had SO MANY questions and things left unexplained. Some people love that, I definitely don't. Lol

[@Shelf_Improvement]

Dead Zone sounds amazing. I'll have to add that to my tbr.

[@kimberlylopez3230]

The movie with Christopher Walken and the tv series with Anthony Michael Hall are really good too

[@selenasstories2976]

i’ve been waiting for this!!!!

[@avsambart]

The art for this thumbnail! OMG!

[@kevinriley962]

Glenn was my favorite character in The Stand!

[@violetlilith]

Your review of The Dead Zone makes me very excited for you to get to 11/22/63.

[@LoneLupine]

It's fun seeing someone discover Randall Flagg for the first time. Long days and pleasant nights, my friend EDIT - don't feel bad for not liking The Stand. I'm a huge Stephen King fan and it's one of my least favorites, mainly the fact it drags on foreverrr. But I really like certain things about it, it's just a drag to read

[@jesjcar]

omg i can’t wait to watch this video ( i know it’s going to be awesome as all of gavs videos are 😋)

[@amandaplaysthesims]

Not that Cujo is my favorite King book, but I think the timing and pacing of all the characters converging is one of the best I've ever read. I think the tension that was built as we approached the climax of everything coming together was just so well done. Also, The Stand is my favorite King book because of the characters and also probably because it was my first ever King read! :) I'm sure that makes me biased. My friend LOVES The Dead Zone, so I'm sending him your video so he can see how much you liked it as well!! ;)

[@GavinReadsItAll]

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and also sharing with a friend, I appreciate it!

[@shootloo]

Gavin your outfits slayed in this video

[@cuppleschristopher]

Can’t wait for the video on Roadwork. 🤭🤭🤭

[@InfinitexLibrary]

I loved The Dead Zone and so glad you ended up loving it too - highly recommend the movie with Christopher Walken too if you haven't gotten to it yet :)

[@stxplesexhaustion]

Im absolutely loving these videos !!!!

[@FiFiReads_BookBlenderReviews]

I'm really interested in reading the long walk now :D I have the same Bachman book so I will get to it eventuallly... but this video might of pushed it forward for me :P

[@bienkies9152]

Omw Frank the policeman is in Cujo!! It's my favourite book of all time. I definitely think Stephen King's stories are just in one bug universe

[@gabbyreads]

I haven’t read The Dead Zone, but the way you described it, I’m so intrigued now 👀

[@jamieserrano827]

You need to check out Mike's book reviews because he is a constant reader and he is up on the entire Stephen King multiverse and it is a multiverse

[@onceuponabookishsteph]

The dead zone is so underrated. That book was so good! And I don’t feel like many people have read it.

[@PistachioGold]

I've clicked on this because I have not read any of them and lime hearing other people's thoughts! also good to know if there's icky stuff or animal abuse (so I can prepare myself). Out of all of them, the stand does sound so good 😮

[@mrboyd720]

Just finished The Dead Zone and it’s my favorite king so far. I’ve only read 10 of his total though.

[@ls1563_]

With regards to Garraty from the long walk and the whole deal with his childhood friend Jimmy + his mother + how his love for Jan is portrayed, I know myself and a lot of other fans of the book interpret that as him being either bisexual or gay and repressing those feelings really strongly, since he had that gay experience as a child but his mother's reaction to it left him with this deep feeling of shame and a fear of being publicly exposed for it. Plus there's Stebbins calling him a little bit queer in a scene where everything else he pointed out about Garraty was true, and the way he reacted to McVries in that "he thinks we're queer for each other" moment. I think it's an interesting analysis imo, the book has a lot of layers that are fun to unpack!! I really enjoyed hearing you talk about it, it's one of my favourite King books as well :)

[@boxersandbooks]

I looked up The Long Walk because I was interested after you talked about it and something I read said that it may have been an allegory for The Vietnam War

[@GavinReadsItAll]

That makes so much sense! Damn, the book just gets more rich

[@krisprepolec5616]

I also started a Stephen King reading project in January. Of these Firestarter was my least favourite. I loved The Dead Zone way more this time than the first time I read it. I am starting Cujo and Danse Macabre this month.

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

Fun fact about my brother and I. We randomly hum and sing camptown races while we are doing mindless things. And a coworker of mine finally asked me about it, I hadn't read The Stand at the time, so I had no idea it is a song of going insane for fans of The Stand. Really weird coincidence.

[@Lorie336]

I never heard if The Dead Zone, but that sounds interesting. Again, The Stand and Firestarter I remember watching the movies as a kid because my mom read a lot of his books. She didn't keep them all, but I am still interested in reading his backlist. I am excited for you tonread Cujo and Christine, again I have seen the movies and not read the books, so interested in what you think. I hope Pet Semetary is in the fourth installment, that one is my favorite movie.

[@Virgo__]

Zelda scared me so much as a child. I would have nightmares about her waiting for me at the bottom of my basement stairs. 😂

[@jamieserrano827]

I actually ended up getting the DVD set of the original ABC miniseries of the stand and that was also early 2020 when I was listening to the audio audiobook with my mom. It took us like 3 1/2 weeks to finish it. Oh yeah, it really hit close to Home in 2020 It did kind of meander toward the end as well because Mr. King tended to waffle on at one point

[@LeaJ.A.]

Not watching it because I haven't read all the books yet but I'm saving the video for latter, and now this have to be my next reads 😆 I need to watch this video

[@nursemain3174]

Christine is my favourite coming in the next episodes. Firestarter is one of my favourites, since it’s based off mkultra and the things the American government did so I find it very interesting

[@Words_from_the_Void]

There is a TV show based on The Dead Zone. I kinda liked it but I don't know how close it is to the book. Just that the reason for John's powers is changed from a fall to a car accident.

[@kleffgoeverafter]

I so need to read The Dead Zone. Ages ago there was a tv show that did like a mystery of the week with the main character using his power to solve crimes and I watched it like religiously with my folks every week.

[@KittyxKult]

I can’t wait til we get to the end and there’s a tier ranking

[@KayoYuuki]

Nick was also my favorite character

[@brittanynader5892]

Here for the Cheetah Girls shirt.

[@paigehansen8944]

1:18:27 how topical

[@tysephine]

I'm blaming this series for the Stephen King books I just bought

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

If you liked The Stand, I’d highly recommend The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin, it’s a vampire apocalypse epic and very similar

[@gabbyreads]

I agree with so many of your feelings about The Stand. It was definitely way too long 😅

[@ashtonreads]

The Long Walk is the only King that I've read multiple times and got more out of it each time. I saw that it was possibly a metaphor for the Vietnam War and watching your buddies die, and the fact that these young men who are still basically kids signed up for a war where they got slaughtered, and if they did survive how would it break them mentally to have gone through that with the survivor's guilt.

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Yes there is a whole King MULTIVERSE. You'll see connections and easter eggs since you're reading in pub order.

[@stxplesexhaustion]

The dead zone movie is actually really good!

[@sauronbagginsd8032]

Did you get a Lord of the Rings feeling from The Stand? King is on record for saying he wanted to write a LOTR style fantasy epic but he set it in a post apocalyptic America There’s an anthology book coming out soon telling untold stories from The Stand universe which I’m excited to read when it comes out ! :D

[@KaitlynMayReads]

Okay i need the pink sweatshirt gavin!

[@jaydenbuitenga1851]

Haha man what are the odds, I'm just finishing the stand and KZbin suggests me this 😂🤝

[@ellenlowe9013]

I haven’t read The Long Walk yet so can’t rate it….in this one I think The Stand barely eeks out The Dead Zone…but Dead Zone is definitely in my top 10-15 of his that I’ve read…I agree with you on Firestarter.:.I still think it’s pretty good….the movie is nostalgic vibes for sure…but yeah I remember getting bored reading that one as well…could’ve made that one a much quicker read I think… his books can be so uniquely different that it’s hard to rate them against each other….

[@AM711]

"These big bloody bastards"😄😆 Yes the Stand is two books Dead Zone movie (1983) had Chris Walken in it There are two Firestarter movies - haven't seen either but it sounds like Bright Burn was really influenced/inspired by it

[@encyclopediaofelizabeth]

I still haven't forgiven King for one of the deaths in The Stand. 😢

[@pattireinheimer5612]

The Dead Zone does not get enough love!

[@jamieserrano827]

I’m gonna have to say ever since August of last year Carrie has been my favorite Stephen King book because the audiobook was narrated by none other than carry herself sissy Spacek

[@AbiofPellinor]

Have I ever been tempted to read this? No. Am I now? ..... slightly!

[@allgirlreview433]

I re-read The Stand during Covid. Good times. LOL

[@isacami25]

i believe it requires determination just to take on the idea of reading all of his books.

[@carrieorsel1340]

Re reading Carrie... I forgot it has naughty scenes.... I was reading it at work....

[@cici2826]

OMG Gavin, where can I get the pink sweater?? ❤❤

[@teddylikesrabbits]

Aahh i'm supposed to sleep in one hour but now i have to watch this first😤🙏🏼

[@carissa1446]

I really liked The Running Man.

[@Joint.n.Hollow]

Gavin Howw? Stephen king books feel even longer I read 180pgs and feel like I read 400. Still trying to get through the stand. 😂

[@emmal7510]

The Stand and 2020 😬