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Il talismano by Peter Straub, Stephen King

shannonwest8's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

paxton224's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

nophilip's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This is one of the worst things I've ever read. Wildly offensive, awful cast of characters, easily 300-400 pages longer than it needed to be. I have to know more about how this was written.

ransomtime's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

It's so long

hannahakins's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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jdnew18's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I can't say it whether or not I enjoyed this book. It was a confounding experience.

jimmyviera's review against another edition

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5.0

One of Sk’s best! I held off on reading this for a long time because of its size but it was well worth it!

sea_caummisar's review against another edition

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4.0

A bit YA for my tastes, but it was quite fantastical. I preferred the boys journey over the destination, and plan to read the sequel 

tempus_edax_rerum's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

2.5

Riddiculously slow start, had to reread the first 10ish % multiple times,
once it gets to wolf it gets better
 
Read bc of the relations to the dark tower series,
it wasn't worth it lol

This book probably sent me into a reading slump but i guess that's what you get for reading 12 King books in a row 🤷🏻‍♀️😃

viviloana's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5