Almost, but not quite

Stephen King published multiple books under his pseudonym of Richard Bachman. He did so for multiple reasons, among them: he wrote more stories than his publisher(s) wanted to print and because he wanted to see what would happen if another's name was on the cover. From the beginning he toned down Richard Bachman's wishlist. Which is why the Bachman books ended up in the 'Cannon fodder' part of the book stores. Roadwork is the second book which he published under the pseudonym: Richard Bachman.

Bart George Dawes lives in a house that is up for demolishment, and that is not all: the place he works at, will also be demolished. The houses and work places need to create space for the new (extention of the) highway. And Bart has had enough. Although he is responsible for it, he doesn't check out new places to work afterwards, but that also goes for his domestic home. And he tells absolutely no one he doesn't seem to care about it.

The story starts really strong where Bart is being pictures as (almost) a schizofrenic. Alternating between the characters Bart, George and a third character called Fred. In the opening scene he buys guns and shells in secret as the characters George and Fred, where Bart is overwhelmed by these characters.

Then the prose of Stephen King seems to take over to keep your eyes glued to the pages. I think this is a big part of why Stephen King is considered a great writer: Keeping the reader inticed while nothing really happens. The story seems to be meandering this and that way, like a river finding the easyest path. But for me it never gets really excited again.

Dont' get me wrong, I liked the story, but anticipated more action than was shown, more thrilling than I got.