8.7k reviews for:

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King

3.93 AVERAGE

bennys_books_21's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

feurkonig's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jroth5's review against another edition

5.0

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Ridiculous, horrifying, and riveting. A wild story unafraid to go anywhere.

dan_quags's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ale94's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense 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: No

nunezra's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

geeprep's review against another edition

4.25

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: Yes

dreadgodmatthius's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cnx27's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

what_mickey_reads's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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I wanted so much to love Salem's Lot. Vampires and creepy houses felt like a winner. 

I was disappointed at how slow and drawn out it was. Too many characters had me super confused and none really felt like they came to life. The first 200 or so pages were just babble of descriptions and it went on too long for me. 
I just felt really deflated and the ending really didn't  redeem it for me either ☹️