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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
It was all a bit too easy and felt a bit removed. It didn't have the grit or a dark ending that the Grimm fairy tales it was trying to emulate have. The story is about a 17-year-old, but written years in the future as a grown man. So it had this removed vagueness throughout. With a lot of the loose strings in the story written off as: "This story is hard to believe, but it's true."
There was a general cloud of badness over the city, but the actual villains were weak and there was little to no time spent developing their evilness. Water buckets!? Too easy.
SPOILER:
What an Americanized fairy tale to kill off the main villains with a gun. Too easy. 600 pages just to kill off the fairy tale villain with a gun?!
Lots unexplained. Blanket of vagueness. Satisfying ending missed.
There was a general cloud of badness over the city, but the actual villains were weak and there was little to no time spent developing their evilness. Water buckets!? Too easy.
SPOILER:
What an Americanized fairy tale to kill off the main villains with a gun. Too easy. 600 pages just to kill off the fairy tale villain with a gun?!
Lots unexplained. Blanket of vagueness. Satisfying ending missed.
This was a delight! I loved the first part in the real world and then the second part too. Would recommend.
I really enjoyed the storyline and found it creative and captivating but I think this could have used different editing, for example, the language used for a modern boy felt dated and kept pulling me out of the story. It would have worked better if it was set in the 80s.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Excrement, Kidnapping
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
One of Stephen King's best novels to date. Not his usual sprawling and unnecessary level of description - in fact, there were times I wanted more! The story didn't go where I expected and as a result I couldn't put it down. Slightly anti-climactic ending, but an excellent read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
if theres one lesson i learned from this book, its to listen to others when they say a book isnt worthwhile. it feels so unbelievably good to finally finish this book oh my lord im finally free free at last 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 sometimes when reading stephen king it feels like you're reading some sort of fanfiction-esque scenario a teenage boy has made up in his head that was never meant tk see the light of day... oh and dora was my favourite character