2.76k reviews for:

Revival: Roman

Bernhard Kleinschmidt, Stephen King

3.72 AVERAGE

vela_the_great's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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I have no option because it's KING

cpriley401's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious 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: Yes

melindamaureen's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yanny_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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My overthinking little mind has nothing to say about the book. This is my first Stephen King book and all I got to say is, something happened.

elsclara's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

timmytheturtle's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-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

adhdwiccan's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

cristian_m's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Stephen King rushes to hit the beats of a classic Lovecraftian tale in the last 50 pages, after rambling on about smalltown Maine life. Still enjoyable, but not really horror imho

goodoldneon's review against another edition

4.0

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This is one bleak read. Glad it was a summer read and not a height-of-Ohio-winter-in-January-read. Parts of this were King at his absolute best, while some of the cartoon and cliche characterizations bogged it down a bit. The Lovecraft/Shelley influences were obvious and I enjoyed the nods King makes to their works. There is a lot of work early in the novel that really earns the unexpected and terrifying end.

This might be my favorite non-IT Stephen King. I'll be excited for the inevitable film/mini-series that comes out of this.

lori_ann_black's review against another edition

4.0

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Stephen King is a masterful storyteller, no doubt about it.....but I didn't find this story as scary as I had expected. It didn't haunt me like some of his others (Bag of Bones, It, The Shining), but Revival was still an excellent read!