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Firestarter

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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Summary

"You're a firestarter honey.... just one big zippo lighter." A year ago, he was an upstanding instructor of English at Harrison State College. Now Andy is on the run with his daughter, a pigtailed girl named Charlie. A girl with an unimaginably terrifying gift. A gift which could be useful to corrupt authorities. Soon Charlie will be caught up in the menace of a fateful drug experiment and a sinister government ploy….

Let the listener beware: Firestarter is Stephen King at his most mesmerising…. and menacing.

©1980 Stephen King (P)2010 Penguin Audiobooks
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"One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep." ( Sunday Express)

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bad narrator

did not like the narrator but put up with the voice cos I had read the book 40 years ago

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Perfectly fine and scratches that King itch

It’s not one of King’s best books, but there’s enough here to keep you interested. The reading is perfectly serviceable.

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Fab

This was one of the very first SK books I read 34 years ago. Forgot how good it was. Well narrated, full of twists and turns.

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Great

This is a great book. The narrator reads well and helps to bring the story to life. It gets exciting in parts and overall is an interesting concept for a novel. It didn't grab me as quickly as some of his novels do, but we'll with reading.

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can't believe I missed this one for so many years

loved it and suggest going in not knowing what it's about or anything. epic story and for king I found it quite fast paced

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Gripping

Great story, great narrator. I think it's one of my favourite Stephen King stories - and there are so many good ones.

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Brilliant

As always the master of Horror at his best a completely immersive audible by Stephen King

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Engaging listen

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook, and felt the pacing and cadence of the narrator was exactly how it needed to be told. However on the story side, I did find it very long throughout the middle in certain aspects and would’ve preferred to skim read on paper! I do recommend this audiobook overall

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Great characters with a fairly compelling story. In a world of box set series with twists and turns it can feel a little generic but the writing and dialogue is, as always, top notch.

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Loved it

Absolutely loved this. Narrator and story both very very good. Not my fav Stephen King but certainly in my top 10

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