I've only recently been getting into stephen King. After reading a couple of his more popular works, I decided to go back and start reading his books in publication order or close to it. I'm not a big fan of short fiction, so I'll just work with the novels for now. The dead zone was one I hadn't heard of previously. I was surprised to find James Franco was the narrator of the audio. He did a fine job. No big complaints. Still, I found that a little strange , but when it comes to King, strange is not completely unexpected. Franco made a little more sense in Part 3 of this book. Not to give anything away, I'll just say that it might tie in with 11-22-63 and Franco was in that adaptation. Now I haven't read 11-22-63 yet, but I know the gist. I can see how there may be connections. While it's neat to see this connection as well as connections to other books King has written, I didn't actually enjoy this story that much. 

Part one was just boring. It was hard to get into the story and characters when I didn't really know where it was going. The plot kinda wondered. It pulls together in Part 3 with a surprise ending, but I wouldn't say I enjoyed the ride up until that point. This would be my least favorite King so far, but it wasn't what I would call bad. King's writing style appeals to me, so it wasn't a complete waste.