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816 reviews for:

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King

3.35 AVERAGE

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

primer libro de stephen que leo, y la verdad es que ha sido un reto, un midterio, suspeso y algo distinto al género que estoy acostumbrada. Pero me ha encantado, lo recomiendo.

Desde luego, para no haber leído nada de Stephen King hasta hace bien poco, me he marcado, con este libro, ya tres novelas y todas en 2021.

Esta es la historia de cuatro amigos de la infancia, que como cada año, se reúnen en la casa del campo para cazar y hacer “bonding”. Pero esta ocasión ha resultado muy especial, invasión extraterrestre incluida, destapan recuerdos y secretos silenciados entre ellos que pondrá a prueba su amistad.

Honestamente, esta novela empezó genial, me estaba gustando mucho. El señor King siempre con su ritmo acelerado y descriptivo, con enganche asegurado desde el comienzo. Lo que ocurre que la historia se me hizo muy pesada de casi la mitad y hasta el final, con una persecución sin tregua: kilómetros y kilómetros de carretera, nieve y más nieve. Se me hizo realmente cargante. Además el desenlace resultó un poco rocambolesco y, entre que había perdido un poco el interés, y que el nudo parecía difícil de desanudar, finalicé la historia como quién toma tierra tras una larga y movidita travesía en barco.

Voy a seguir leyendo a Stephen King, por supuesto, pero quizás esta historia no se queda entre mis favoritas.

I loved early King. So when my reviews or stars on his later work are low, part of that is just, "WHAT HAVE YOU BECOME!?!" which isn't fair, because artists have to grow and evolve...I just wish he'd evolved in a different direction, or maybe that I had as a reader.

This was a hard DNF for me, and the first Stephen King I ever dnf'd (though not the last). I wasn't sold on the early bit, I wasn't sold on the flashback where it turned out that all the main characters were besties with a magical disabled kid. I actually hated that part so much that was where I stopped (hate that trope), but I was pissed off enough that I flipped to the end and read the last chapter, and I was both enraged that it was so goddamn stupid, and somewhat relieved that I hadn't read all the way to that point to find it out.

He wrote this book while he was recovering from being hit by a car, and I think it works for me to imagine that he was just trying to pass his suffering on into the world.
challenging dark informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was an almost DNF.  I had read it because the book shares a universe with Derey in It-one of my favorite Stephen King books.  Dreamcatcher was very boring and dragged in places.
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Proof that Stephen king can make even a ridiculous plot compelling. Far fetched and strange, but his characters as always are compelling even if a little dated in their machismo and careless language.

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dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No