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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
well, now I'm scared of the afterlife. Thanks Uncle Stevie!
dark
mysterious
sad
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
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
it was an experience
I was tempted to give this book my first 1 star review in several years but I think the idea behind the book makes it worth 1.5 stars, so I will round up. I found nothing wrong with the plot. Done correctly, this could have been one of Kings best stories, but reading through Jamie Morton's life story was so tedious any positives from the plot evaporate. I don't know if I have ever read a full length book that so obviously should have been a novella more so than Revival. Had King cut 200 or so pages out of this book, and only kept the somewhat interesting parts that involved Rev. Jacobs then this likely would have been a fun read, but the slog of reading through the book killed any momentum that the occasionally interesting scenes piqued. Additionally, the craziness of the ending seemed out of place in a book where the whole theme seemed to be dull pointlessness. I like what King was trying to do, but I don't he delivered in this offering. I read Stephen King because I find his books to be high quality, interesting, and fun to read. I found this book to be none of the above and it currently stands as my least favorite of his works.
I liked the not-so-subtle homage to H.P. Lovecraft's work. I am not sure it had a point, but I enjoyed it.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Suicide
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book was hard to put down. Interesting, mysterious, and creepy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Violence
Although it seemed to take some time to get going the actual character development stuff turned out to be the best thing about the book. King is very good at families and the wors of life although some of his attempts at the patois of particular groups of people such as rock musicians or carnival workers sounds a bit clunky to me.
A slimish King book which is no bad thing considering some of his huge tomes. Once it gets to the climax and the final nasty truth has to be revealed I was less interested, but the human story up until then was good.
Nowhere near as good as his non paranormal Mr Mercedes though
A slimish King book which is no bad thing considering some of his huge tomes. Once it gets to the climax and the final nasty truth has to be revealed I was less interested, but the human story up until then was good.
Nowhere near as good as his non paranormal Mr Mercedes though