Reviews

The Talisman by Peter Straub, Stephen King

viviloana's review against another edition

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

5.0

grantmumma's review against another edition

4.0

My only complaint is this could’ve been about 2-300 pages shorter. Still an incredible story, but maybe because it’s a collaboration between King and Straub, it seemed to be a little long-winded and didn’t flow well in parts. I loved the last 1/4 of the book.

Would recommend.

halleymalley1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

trevornagy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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

5.0

jjk2020's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

afkitzmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

patbfer's review against another edition

5.0

This book made me company in the past few months. It is a dense and complex story, with very detailed and strong characters and a hero, our Jack-O, that proved to be a better person than most human beings. His friendship with Wolf is breathtaking and I can’t believe this story has come to an end. It may take you a while to get over the density, but as soon as you fall in love with the story and characters you won’t stop reading. I just feel an emotional emptiness with the end of The Talisman, but I will overcome it. Just like Jack-O overcame his struggles.

jenhurst's review against another edition

4.0

I think this is one of King’s best works and it’s probably because it has Peter Straub as a coauthor. It’s more of a dark fantasy and connects to the dark towers works.

krehh5's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

trygalle_trade_guild's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0