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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
Lovecraft horror, a downer, but good
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
TL;DR: Não é o livro mais assustador do King, mas é, sem dúvida, um dos mais inquietantes. Um slow-burn rumo ao terror existencial.
Opinião Completa:
Revival começa devagar, bem devagar, mas como sempre, o Stephen King sabe exatamente como deixar o leitor desconfortável antes de acontecer seja o que for. Desde as primeiras páginas há um mal-estar silencioso, quase impercetível, que se vai instalando até agarrar o leitor por completo.
Não é uma história de terror tradicional. Não há sustos fáceis nem cenas sangrentas. O que este livro entrega é algo mais profundo, mais inquietante: uma descida lenta e obsessiva ao luto, à fé, à ciência e às perguntas que talvez devêssemos deixar sem resposta. Tem muito de horror literário com um toque Lovecraftiano, religião, eletricidade e loucura de mãos dadas à beira do abismo.
Fiquei sempre com curiosidade de perceber para onde a história me estava a levar, e o final… é negro. Cósmico. Perturbador. Deixou-me a pensar. O King cria aqui uma atmosfera pesada e desconfortável que funciona mesmo bem. Nem tudo fica bem explicado, e o ritmo pode ser difícil para alguns leitores, mas quando o pano cai, a sensação é daquelas que me ficou a perseguir durante uns tempos.
Inquietante, estranho e soturnamente brilhante.
Opinião Completa:
Revival começa devagar, bem devagar, mas como sempre, o Stephen King sabe exatamente como deixar o leitor desconfortável antes de acontecer seja o que for. Desde as primeiras páginas há um mal-estar silencioso, quase impercetível, que se vai instalando até agarrar o leitor por completo.
Não é uma história de terror tradicional. Não há sustos fáceis nem cenas sangrentas. O que este livro entrega é algo mais profundo, mais inquietante: uma descida lenta e obsessiva ao luto, à fé, à ciência e às perguntas que talvez devêssemos deixar sem resposta. Tem muito de horror literário com um toque Lovecraftiano, religião, eletricidade e loucura de mãos dadas à beira do abismo.
Fiquei sempre com curiosidade de perceber para onde a história me estava a levar, e o final… é negro. Cósmico. Perturbador. Deixou-me a pensar. O King cria aqui uma atmosfera pesada e desconfortável que funciona mesmo bem. Nem tudo fica bem explicado, e o ritmo pode ser difícil para alguns leitores, mas quando o pano cai, a sensação é daquelas que me ficou a perseguir durante uns tempos.
Inquietante, estranho e soturnamente brilhante.
Jamie Morton is six years old when he first meets reverend Charlie Jacobs. The shadow cast by the young man envelopes the little boy, and in that darkness their lives connect.
Reverend Jacobs and his family brings life, activity, and music to the little community and he tries to fascinate them all, without any major success, in his great passion - electricity.
When misfortune strikes and Jamie's brother loses his voice, Jacobs comes to the rescue with an electric device and the brother can talk again. The miracle however, was followed by tragedy and the reverend soon leaves town.
The next time they meet, Jamie is in his thirties and in a bad state. They revive their friendship and the now former reverend is more than before obsessed by his passion, the hidden power, the hidden electricity. And the search for the truth is far from over.
This book is great, it is dark and yet so wonderfully real. King knows how to tell a story and the impossible doesn't seem so far from the truth, and it's nice to be scared by him.
Reverend Jacobs and his family brings life, activity, and music to the little community and he tries to fascinate them all, without any major success, in his great passion - electricity.
When misfortune strikes and Jamie's brother loses his voice, Jacobs comes to the rescue with an electric device and the brother can talk again. The miracle however, was followed by tragedy and the reverend soon leaves town.
The next time they meet, Jamie is in his thirties and in a bad state. They revive their friendship and the now former reverend is more than before obsessed by his passion, the hidden power, the hidden electricity. And the search for the truth is far from over.
This book is great, it is dark and yet so wonderfully real. King knows how to tell a story and the impossible doesn't seem so far from the truth, and it's nice to be scared by him.
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
N/A
Not one of his longest works, but also not among his strongest.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first section of this book, Jaimie’s Childhood, I enjoyed. However, Jaimie’s life as a drug-addicted guitar player was boring and it becomes mind-numbingly boring in his sober years. Basically, Jaimie is an uninteresting adult person and the story should have followed Charles Jacobs who actually lived a very interesting life and was the only interesting thing about Jaimie’s life. However, somewhere between Jaimie’s healing and the tent revival version of Jacobs SOMETHING HAPPENED to Charles Jacobs and his character changes completely. We don’t know why. Obsession? Long-term survivors guilt and grief? Whatever the reason, he’s off the deep end. I thought we were headed for a Pet Cematary like conclusion, but instead we get a one horrific glimpse at the other side. No, thank you to this whole ending. It wasn’t scary, it was depressing. Nihilistic. Hopeless. My least favorite Stephen King novel to date. I had no idea he could be boring.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes