This book starts off fast and doesn't let you go! In typical King fashion, there is great detail and insight into the various character's psyches. Just when you think you "get it" the story takes another turn into weird!

Yet another excellent book by Stephen King. I could not put this book down. "Dreamcatcher" is the first novel Stephen King wrote, in longhand, while recuperating from his near-fatal accident.

The four friends - Joe "Beaver" Clarendon, Pete Moore, Henry Devlin and Gary Jones - are bound together in a way that they do not even suspect. Beaver is an inventive curser who owns a cabin in the Maine woods where the group gathers for the last time, Pete can find lost car keys or anything else when he puts his mind to it, Henry is a suicidal shrink who has a tendency to lash out at patients from time to time, and Jonsey is a college professor who just "knows" when students cheat on exams. The common link in their lives is Duddits (not letting that cat out of the bag - read the book). When Richard McCarthy stumbles out of the woods, dazed and confused, not to mention the worst case of flatulence in the history of civilization, the group has no idea that they are on the edge of the end of the world as we know it.

A MUST read for any Stephen King fan.

A very scary, long book with great characters and a disturbing storyline. Definitely recommended.

Except if you're reading it by yourself in the middle of a tent in a thunderstorm in the woods. Not a good idea :)

Not as good as his earlier stuff, but fascinating in its own right. Regular folks get enmeshed is some weird stuff while camping and find out the government is trying to hide some strange aliens that have landed. Better than it sounds.

I tried really hard to read this book, hoping it would be better than the movie. However, my personal opinion is that Stephen King's writing has gotten progressively worse, and I couldn't finish it.

If you love King you'll love this one. Reminds me of the Tommyknockers

Four friends reunite for their annual hunting trip. They encounter terrifying events!

This is the best book! Kept me reading when I should have gone to bed. One of King's best for sure. I very much enjoyed this one.

A good story, and involving, but a little grossly graphic even for Stephen King.

I began reading this book but it scared me so bad that I never finished. I know I would have had nightmares. If, your looking for a good horror book this is it.

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Dreamcatcher is proof that Stephen King is one of the greatest story tellers of the 20th and 21st century. His description of the characters and then intermingling them into the story plot holds your interest in the story. Not necessarily a surprise ending but he tends to add a philosophical thought to ponder. Are other States as eerie as Maine or is that a product of Stephen King's mind?

Much better than the movie, as they always say, though the movie was a surprisingly faithful re-telling with a lot of the same spirit as the book.
This story is a prime example of King, and he does not disappoint. You can see his determination to create a world within world, exhibited by his dedication to creating phrases that sound natural in the character's speech, yet are unlike the typical phrases we repeat until they lose their impact. The friends in this story are all like pieces in a pizza, having their own edges and sizes, yet meeting in the middle to form part of something bigger.

King is a skillful wordsmith, and he can create memorable characters and truly scary situations. Unfortunately, he also has a tendency to fall back on buckets of gore, as in the case of this novel of four friends who are bound together by their relationship with a retarded boy. The menace is invasion from outer space (or maybe the US military's response to it), and it's King's gift that he can find something new to say about UFOs and little gray men.

Stephen King has put out some good work, this isn't one of them. The concept is too vague, the storyline too involved and at times convoluded. If you want some good ole' Stephen King, I would elect for "Cujo," or "Nightmares & Dreamscapes." Skip this one.

An excellent read!!

Stephen King at his finest. I loved this book. It's full of memorable characters that you come to know well, a great plot, strong imagery - all the things he does best. Plus, it's nice and thick at 879 pgs, so you get a lot of reading for your buck. I highly recommend it.

Good book, I thought it was a slow read and could not get into it. It seemed to drag on for me. I enjoyed the movie a lot more, And I normally always like the Books better than the Movies! Not my favorite of Stephen King.

The worst Stephen King book I've ever read.

One of weird Steve's very best!!!!

I am not a Stephen King fan so I have not read this book.

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