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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Absolutely nothing had happened by the time I was nearly halfway through, so I decided it was time for me to give up on my principle of finishing all books I start and stop wasting my time on a book I don't care about.
Another one of my King favorites. How exciting would it be to have such a sweet ride AND a "ride-or-die" friend. Say what you want, but Dennis is all of us. We would want it all after having nothing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not one of my favorite King books, but good nonetheless. I will say that the audiobook version read by Holter Graham is probably the best possible way to ingest this one. He's amazing.
Killer car goes into a murdering spree. Although it will keep you on the edge, the idea still is a bit silly.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I think this is in at least the top 5 for me of Stephen King. It was well written and spooky and makes you wanna side eye all the old cars.
3.5 Stars
I love Stephen King and his writing so much, but personally, I found Christine to not be one of his best works.
Great plot regardless, I love the idea of a possessed car and a some parts did give me creepy vibes but it wasn’t like other Stephen King books I’ve read where it kept me on my feet.
I found the book to be a little too long and I think that is probably what drew me to a 3.5 Stars because although it’s a good book, some parts just ran on and it was hard to lose focus.
I love Stephen King and his writing so much, but personally, I found Christine to not be one of his best works.
Great plot regardless, I love the idea of a possessed car and a some parts did give me creepy vibes but it wasn’t like other Stephen King books I’ve read where it kept me on my feet.
I found the book to be a little too long and I think that is probably what drew me to a 3.5 Stars because although it’s a good book, some parts just ran on and it was hard to lose focus.
Just hearing the name Christine can take most people back to the 80s... it will take them back to when Stephen King was captivating the world. He had already released works like Carrie, The Shining, The Stand, Dead Zone, Night Shift, Cujo, etc. His name was becoming synonymous with horror. So what does he decide to do with Christine? Well, he makes a "haunted car," of course! But, like with most of King's stories, there's so much more beneath the surface.
Christine explores friendship (or most aptly the dissolution of friendship as we grow up), parental control (and how some parents are just not ready to let their kids become adults), and first love. In Christine we see a boy's first love with a woman and with a car. It sounds a little silly to me personally because I was never a car person. But I can understand the sentiment here especially with this being the 80s and our "freedom" was somewhat tied to that license and getting behind the steering wheel. Now it seems that "freedom" comes when parents finally get their kids a smart phone, but that's neither here nor there.
I really loved the characters in this story. Arnie ad Dennis seem like they had such a great friendship... most of which we only know about due to the storytelling from Dennis since we get thrown right into the story when Arnie meets Christine and we don't get a lot of the groundwork prior. Both boys complement each other and Dennis defends Arnie when he has to against bullies and his parents. But everything starts to change once Arnie sees and buys Christine...
Christine is just... wow... what a character! The scenes in which Christine takes over are amazing and it's crazy how intrigued and engaged I became while imagining the car revving up and running people down. Christine has a history - mysterious deaths have been surrounding for as far back as we are told. Anyone who comes in contact becomes a victim of the '58 Plymouth Fury in one way or another. And for Arnie, we see him completely fade away and totally turn into someone else while alienating everyone around him. His transformation is quite remarkable and I couldn't stop from learning more.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story... and I enjoyed it even more because I never thought I could read 700+ pages about a car. Again, I am not a car person! My biggest issue with the book is why the sudden switch in POV from Part 1 to Part 2 and then back to the original narrator in Part 3. It did not really make sense to me and it almost pulled me out of the book completely. But I hung in there for Part 2 because a LOT of action takes place there and Christine really gets herself going, too. 4 stars from me!
Sidenote on book vs movie: I really enjoy the movie, but I am not a fan of how Carpenter took it that the car was made evil and totally removed the Lebay possession/haunting aspect of everything.
Sidenote on LeBay: Do you think he really was a changeling and not the real guy at this point?
Could he be linked to Mid-World and thus connecting this to The Dark Tower series? Random thoughts!
Christine explores friendship (or most aptly the dissolution of friendship as we grow up), parental control (and how some parents are just not ready to let their kids become adults), and first love. In Christine we see a boy's first love with a woman and with a car. It sounds a little silly to me personally because I was never a car person. But I can understand the sentiment here especially with this being the 80s and our "freedom" was somewhat tied to that license and getting behind the steering wheel. Now it seems that "freedom" comes when parents finally get their kids a smart phone, but that's neither here nor there.
I really loved the characters in this story. Arnie ad Dennis seem like they had such a great friendship... most of which we only know about due to the storytelling from Dennis since we get thrown right into the story when Arnie meets Christine and we don't get a lot of the groundwork prior. Both boys complement each other and Dennis defends Arnie when he has to against bullies and his parents. But everything starts to change once Arnie sees and buys Christine...
Christine is just... wow... what a character! The scenes in which Christine takes over are amazing and it's crazy how intrigued and engaged I became while imagining the car revving up and running people down. Christine has a history - mysterious deaths have been surrounding for as far back as we are told. Anyone who comes in contact becomes a victim of the '58 Plymouth Fury in one way or another. And for Arnie, we see him completely fade away and totally turn into someone else while alienating everyone around him. His transformation is quite remarkable and I couldn't stop from learning more.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story... and I enjoyed it even more because I never thought I could read 700+ pages about a car. Again, I am not a car person! My biggest issue with the book is why the sudden switch in POV from Part 1 to Part 2 and then back to the original narrator in Part 3. It did not really make sense to me and it almost pulled me out of the book completely. But I hung in there for Part 2 because a LOT of action takes place there and Christine really gets herself going, too. 4 stars from me!
Sidenote on LeBay: Do you think he really was a changeling and not the real guy at this point?
Could he be linked to Mid-World and thus connecting this to The Dark Tower series? Random thoughts!