Roadwork by Stephen King, Richard Bachman

Roadwork

Stephen King, Richard Bachman

360 pages • first pub 1981 (editions) user-added

fiction thriller dark tense slow-paced
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Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway construction puts him out of work and simultaneously forces him out of his home. Dawes isn’t the sort of man who will take an insult of this magnitud...

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Community Reviews

3.19
based on 2,997 reviews

Moods

dark: 87%

tense: 56%

sad: 40%

emotional: 37%

reflective: 23%

challenging: 14%

mysterious: 10%

adventurous: 3%

funny: 3%

Pace

11% of readers chose fast
42% of readers chose medium
46% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
66% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

25% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

5% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
75% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

3% of readers chose Yes
1% of readers chose Complicated
94% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

92% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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