Quixotic Quest coming in slow
I like to read a good noir novel on occasion, and I like to read pulp fiction too. So when I saw Stephen King’s The Colorado Kid, I figure, “$5.00. What’s the worse can happen?” Let me tell you that this is neither pulp nor noir but just another of Stephen King’s short stories. You’ve read those ones where they aren’t really horror but since he made his name in that genre they get classified as such.
This novela was supposedly a re-introduction of the Hard Case imprint that would focus on pulp fiction. Look at the cover. Look at the titles of other books on that label. They’re all very much pulpy.
Unfortunately, Stephen King gives the reader a plug nickel of a story. The cover promises a femme fatale. The story does not. The cover promises intrigue. The story while having a mystery is not very intriguing. This was a story set up for the CSI crowd. The Miami CSI. You’ll feel cheated days after reading it.
Reading it over three nights just to find out the mystery. And it doesn’t have one. It is a disappointment. And false advertising.
Never judge a book by its cover.
C
