A review by theangelssing
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

What can I say first?
I picked up this book during a 15 hours trip and I finally read only 3 pages. Not because I didn’t like it, but because I knew I had to be wide awake to fully understand the story. I gave it another try more than 1 month after and here I am, happy I read it.

I didn’t expect the story to be what it is, the summary isn’t really giving us a real information on the book but it was still a really interesting adventure. 
The story, narrated by two old newspaper men to a new newspaper lady, invited us to dig into the world of a small local newspaper and a non-solved murder (or was it?) case. 
At the end, we know nothing. Or better, we know a lot of things which don’t help us to know what really happened. And in a way, that’s okay. It’s not really the end of the story that matters, but the conclusion. We can view the story as a fable.


You dive in the story as Steffi, one of the main character, does. You will feel her emotions and the emotions of the two newspaper men who tell the story and you start feeling close to those characters, almost as if they’re long time acquaintances or friends.

“Depending on whether you liked or hated The Colorado Kid (I think for many people there’ll be no middle ground on this one […])”
- Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

I would 100% recommend that book, it’s a short but intense read you can do in one sitting but you would need some time to recover from all the informations! It will, for sure, stay on your mind. 

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