Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

Rating: 5.0

What it's about:
Once upon a time, in the haunted city of Derry, four boys did a brave thing -- a good thing -- perhaps even a great thing. Twenty-five years later, the boys are now men. Each hunting season the four reunite in Maine. This year, these men will be plunged into a horrifying struggle with a creature from another world. -taken from Barnes&Noble.com

My thoughts:
It took major effort on my part to actually put this book down once I picked it up. I just lost myself in this story! Dreamcatcher contains a lot of thrills to say the least. There are UFO's, aliens, a strange virus and an even stranger parasite that flourishes in the human intestines. There's a wonderful boy with Down's Syndrome and four boys (who grow to be men) who are connected to him telepathically. The plot of Dreamcatcher is marvelously strange and it works! The character of Duddits (boy with Down's Syndrome) is one I will never forget. He is so beautifully innocent and sweet and yet he holds the weight of the world on his shoulders. Stephen King, without a doubt, shows off his knack for storytelling in Dreamcatcher. A word of warning: beware those of the sensitive stomaches.