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Title: Stationary Bike
ISBN: 0743555619
Author:
Stephen King
Publicate Date: 2006-06-06
Publish: 2006-06-06
List Price: $20.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Audio CD
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1: I expected better....
Richard Sifkitz is overweight. Giving into his doctor's encouragement to get in shape, Sifkitz purchases a STATIONARY BIKE. Sifkitz is an artist and begins painting an imaginary scene in which to pretend he's traveling while riding his bike. Soon, his fantasy and reality begin merging together as Sifkitz can't stop riding his STATIONARY BIKE.
I expected better from Stephen King. The story meandered almost meaningless along the imaginary roads in a world populated with imaginary people... for no real purpose that I could discern. Sifkitz envisions the work crew that has been cleaning his system of all the junk he has eaten over the years, a work crew that is becoming increasingly disgruntled as Sifkitz is living and eating healthier now that he regularly rides his STATIONARY BIKE. We learn the identities of this imaginary work crew, but for what reason?
STATIONARY BIKE is a short audio to listen to but one I found myself struggling to stay engaged in the story. I didn't care about Richard Sifkitz's dilemma at all. He wasn't necessarily unlikable; he just didn't have much of a personality at all. In fact, the entirety of his character development focuses mostly on his weight and his efforts to lose that weight. Even the imaginary work crew is more likable and well developed than Sifkitz!
STATIONARY BIKE is not Stephen King at his best. Die hard King fans like myself with probably struggle through it and there may even be some who will insist that Stephen King cannot write a bad story. For me, however, STATIONARY BIKE is a major disappointment.
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
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2: Great Story -- Great Reader
I loved Stationary Bike. Ron McLarty could read the phone book and I would listen -- intently.
Stationary Bike was a lot of fun. In the story we follow Siftkits (spelling?) as he takes a metaphoric journey down his metabolic path. The characters, the reality and the settings were all fun.
It wasn't too long or too short, it was just right. And did I meantion Ron McLarty is a great reader?
You don't have to be an SK fan to like this one.
- Dan.
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3: Stationary Bike
I am a Stephen King fan and have to read anything he writes. This was an auto book. It was okay but not that interesting. I prefer to read his books and not have them on audio.
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4: Not one of King's best stories
I'm a Stephen King fan, but I was disappointed with this audio book. I've never purchased an audio book before, but this was the only format for this "novel." I'm not sure if I just couldn't really get into the story because I listened to it while I was driving (and, therefore, was too busy concentrating on driving), or because the story itself just wasn't all that interesting. It is a 2-disc set, and the story seemed very short. I am giving the audio book to my brother, who is blind. Maybe he will like it better than I did.
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5: STEPHEN KING
GREAT STORY. I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE READER ON THIS ONE, BUT STILL A GREAT STORY.
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