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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so eerie! I love the atmosphere of the book and the premise behind it, a car possessed by an awful ghost ? Sign me in. After the deception of January with Dreamcatcher, I am happy to say that my love for King's writting is back. I was not a fan of the characters but I'm pretty sure King made it so knowingly. The whole story is a while ride (haha) and I highly recommend it to all horror lover even though it was only mildly scary in my opinion.
Christine is a frightening tale of how quickly your hobby and your passion can lead you down a path of obsession and self-destruction. This is only the second classic Stephen King novels that I have read, the other being IT. I didn’t rate it as highly as I had initially thought but it is a good solid read with strong characterisation, atmospheric dialogue and a narrative that chills the warmest creature. As with most King books I found that the length of the book was unnecessary and could have been told in a lesser amount of pages.
I’m not disputing Stephen King’s genius ability to spin a yarn with the best of them, and Christine is no different, it just wasn’t my favourite. I’m so late to the party but I’m having fun discovering his back catalogue. Although the amount of pages that Christine spanned was a bit of a gripe of mine, I won’t discount just how much depth he injected into the story. Stephen Kings books are deeper than the Atlantic Ocean. I need to be thourghly scared and the concept of a car possessed by a demonic force didn’t butter my parsnips shall we say. I attentively put my kindle to work and I did enjoy the way King reels you in, ready to trip you up as soon as you look the other way.
Christine is a story of four main characters – four characters that bring different elements within the storytelling. Dennis Guilder (Arnie’s best friend) and all-around guy that sees deeper and further than regular guys of the same age. Arnie Cunningham- the owner of the 1958 Plymouth Fury and pizza faced guy that is so socially outcast that Dennis is the only real friend he has. Leigh Cabot – A new girl at school that oddly ends up with Arnie, much to the disgust of the entire school. Christine – a car with a personality all of its own, literally.
It is essentially a love story between boy and car and boy and girl. The minute that Arnie sets eyes on that car he has gone. It is at moment that there is no coming back for Arnie. Dennis has lost the easy friendship that they shared together from that moment on. Despite the well-placed advice and concern towards Arnie from Dennis, he buys that monstrosity of a car, knowing full well what it will take to get her road legal. He is a man possessed.
Arnie begins the odorous job of fixing up Christine and slowly and surely his obsession is cemented when he begins to change himself. He alienates his family (who aren’t very nice anyway and his mother especially seems to live for control) he falls away from Dennis and soon things take a deadly turn. It is apparent to the reader that Christine has supernatural powers that can control the car and seemingly the minds of others.
Christine is both a trip down memory lane with multiple pop-cultural undertones and King has taken a completely incomprehensible situation and brings it to life with such a realistic narrative. Buckle up.
I’m not disputing Stephen King’s genius ability to spin a yarn with the best of them, and Christine is no different, it just wasn’t my favourite. I’m so late to the party but I’m having fun discovering his back catalogue. Although the amount of pages that Christine spanned was a bit of a gripe of mine, I won’t discount just how much depth he injected into the story. Stephen Kings books are deeper than the Atlantic Ocean. I need to be thourghly scared and the concept of a car possessed by a demonic force didn’t butter my parsnips shall we say. I attentively put my kindle to work and I did enjoy the way King reels you in, ready to trip you up as soon as you look the other way.
Christine is a story of four main characters – four characters that bring different elements within the storytelling. Dennis Guilder (Arnie’s best friend) and all-around guy that sees deeper and further than regular guys of the same age. Arnie Cunningham- the owner of the 1958 Plymouth Fury and pizza faced guy that is so socially outcast that Dennis is the only real friend he has. Leigh Cabot – A new girl at school that oddly ends up with Arnie, much to the disgust of the entire school. Christine – a car with a personality all of its own, literally.
It is essentially a love story between boy and car and boy and girl. The minute that Arnie sets eyes on that car he has gone. It is at moment that there is no coming back for Arnie. Dennis has lost the easy friendship that they shared together from that moment on. Despite the well-placed advice and concern towards Arnie from Dennis, he buys that monstrosity of a car, knowing full well what it will take to get her road legal. He is a man possessed.
Arnie begins the odorous job of fixing up Christine and slowly and surely his obsession is cemented when he begins to change himself. He alienates his family (who aren’t very nice anyway and his mother especially seems to live for control) he falls away from Dennis and soon things take a deadly turn. It is apparent to the reader that Christine has supernatural powers that can control the car and seemingly the minds of others.
Christine is both a trip down memory lane with multiple pop-cultural undertones and King has taken a completely incomprehensible situation and brings it to life with such a realistic narrative. Buckle up.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have often heard this book ridiculed because the premise was a killer car. Which does sound silly. But with King the best premise can be a dud and the weirdest can come to life. For me, this was the latter. It goes in the upper echelon as far as I'm concerned. Narrator Dennis and his awkward best friend Arnie bring that sense of friendship and youth that is a big part of so many of King's books. The supernatural element at first seems easy to defeat but as time passes you realize it's not going to be easy or simple and that no one is that safe.
As is often the case, the female love interest is beautiful and perfect and wise beyond teenage years. But this is pretty much what I expect from every male author.
I listened to the audio version and the reader was spectacular. One of the best I've heard. I could recognize which character he was voicing immediately. He had perfect pacing through tense scenes.
As is often the case, the female love interest is beautiful and perfect and wise beyond teenage years. But this is pretty much what I expect from every male author.
I listened to the audio version and the reader was spectacular. One of the best I've heard. I could recognize which character he was voicing immediately. He had perfect pacing through tense scenes.
3.5 because I felt like the first half was almost unbearably slow and boring (I definitely feel like if I had read this physically instead of listening to the audiobook I would have gotten through it faster).
Overall though this was great and spooky and written really well, and obviously Stephen King is a wildly beloved author so I don't really need to say this but I guess he has another fan now lol
Overall though this was great and spooky and written really well, and obviously Stephen King is a wildly beloved author so I don't really need to say this but I guess he has another fan now lol
Tuve un serio problema con el libro: Christine
Nunca antes me había planteado leerlo por lo ridículo del argumento, hasta recuerdo haber "visto" la película con mis amigas hace unos años, precisamente por lo tonto que sonaba todo. Al final no le pusimos ninguna atención. Y es que la idea de un auto asesino simplemente no cabe en mi mente.
Ahora, acepto eso como un hecho y ya. Pero estoy leyendo, muy metida en la historia, hay mucha tensión y me siento atrapada por la historia...y de repente Christine retrocede o algo y me salgo de la nube porque es simplemente ridículo. Ya no sólo el villano de la historia, sino todo el modus operandi. Es una burla, se limita a chocar cosas y a regenerarse como si nada. Se supone que hay un ente malvado detrás de Christine, pero no hay una sola neurona involucrada.
Fuera de eso me gustó el libro, siempre me gusta la forma en que los personajes caen en la decadencia, primero de manera lenta y luego en picado.
Otro pero es el final, ¿qué clase de broma es esa? ¿Debo entender que nada terminó? No lo sé
Nunca antes me había planteado leerlo por lo ridículo del argumento, hasta recuerdo haber "visto" la película con mis amigas hace unos años, precisamente por lo tonto que sonaba todo. Al final no le pusimos ninguna atención. Y es que la idea de un auto asesino simplemente no cabe en mi mente.
Ahora, acepto eso como un hecho y ya. Pero estoy leyendo, muy metida en la historia, hay mucha tensión y me siento atrapada por la historia...y de repente Christine retrocede o algo y me salgo de la nube porque es simplemente ridículo. Ya no sólo el villano de la historia, sino todo el modus operandi. Es una burla, se limita a chocar cosas y a regenerarse como si nada. Se supone que hay un ente malvado detrás de Christine, pero no hay una sola neurona involucrada.
Fuera de eso me gustó el libro, siempre me gusta la forma en que los personajes caen en la decadencia, primero de manera lenta y luego en picado.
Otro pero es el final, ¿qué clase de broma es esa? ¿Debo entender que nada terminó? No lo sé
So much hype for Christine, my dad loved it and Stephen King fans rave about it.
The hype is false.
If we could potentially throw the first 400 odd pages in the bin and then start the story that would be great. I was waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for something to happen. It just took too long to get to the crunch. When it got to the crunch, I felt like I needed more, it fell a little flat to me.
I feel with Christine, King was maybe trying to get in your head and plant the fear there, a bit like Pet Sem, but it didn't work for me with this one, I wasn't scared.
I did enjoy reading the relationship between Arnie and his parents, and Dennis and his parents. I just liked the contrast. I enjoyed reading the feelings and thoughts Arnie had towards Christine. I mean, if that was my friend talking about a car like that, I would be concerned.
There were elements to like, obviously its a crazy car. It is defiantly worth a read. I just wish it was smaller.
The hype is false.
If we could potentially throw the first 400 odd pages in the bin and then start the story that would be great. I was waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for something to happen. It just took too long to get to the crunch. When it got to the crunch, I felt like I needed more, it fell a little flat to me.
I feel with Christine, King was maybe trying to get in your head and plant the fear there, a bit like Pet Sem, but it didn't work for me with this one, I wasn't scared.
I did enjoy reading the relationship between Arnie and his parents, and Dennis and his parents. I just liked the contrast. I enjoyed reading the feelings and thoughts Arnie had towards Christine. I mean, if that was my friend talking about a car like that, I would be concerned.
There were elements to like, obviously its a crazy car. It is defiantly worth a read. I just wish it was smaller.
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Everyone knows Christine as the book about an evil car and sure, there is that, but like any good story it’s about a whole lot more. It’s about that time in your life when you thought you were an adult, but your parents still treated you like a child and the truth is, you were a little of both. The time when you learned what it meant to earn something that you worked for; the time of friendships that would last forever, and of first love…and first heartache. There was Arnie, then Christine, then Leigh-Christine came first. We never forget our first love, amiright?
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I had forgotten almost everything about this one and enjoyed the reread more than I expected. The plot has a couple of holes, but with this type of storyline I don’t think that’s surprising. My only real complaint is that Leigh Cabot felt like Susan Norton from Salem’s Lot, a bit boring and forgettable. Archie, Dennis, and of course Christine, were all fantastic characters. The story could have been shorter, but I didn’t want it to be. I was invested throughout and never got bored. Overall, Christine is a solid, classic King and I’m glad I took her for another spin.
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I had forgotten almost everything about this one and enjoyed the reread more than I expected. The plot has a couple of holes, but with this type of storyline I don’t think that’s surprising. My only real complaint is that Leigh Cabot felt like Susan Norton from Salem’s Lot, a bit boring and forgettable. Archie, Dennis, and of course Christine, were all fantastic characters. The story could have been shorter, but I didn’t want it to be. I was invested throughout and never got bored. Overall, Christine is a solid, classic King and I’m glad I took her for another spin.