The Running Man - Stephen King

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Title: The Running Man
Author: Stephen King AS Richard Bachman
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 2.5/5
# pages: 239
Date read: January, 2015

The Running Man is set within a dystopian future in which the poor are seen more by the government as worrisome rodents than actual human beings. The protagonist of The Running Man, Ben Richards, is quick to realize this as he watches his daughter, Cathy, grow more sick by the day and tread closer and closer to death. Desperate for money to pay Cathy’s medical bills, Ben enlists himself in a true reality style game show where the objective is to merely stay alive.


Pretty run-of-the-mill action novel. I was neither impressed nor disappointed by it. But it's not a book I expect will stay with me for very long, nor one that I think I will reread.

I am slightly curious to rewatch the movie now, because as far as I remember it, it has very little to do with the plot of the novel, other than the very basic premise and that the main character holds the same name.

I will say in its favour though, that I had not seen the end coming, but it seemed rather fitting... even if slightly futile.