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El talismán

Peter Straub, Stephen King

3.91 AVERAGE

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

1/5 Plottet af bogen var faktisk god nok, problemet er med forfatterens mærkelig obsession med 12 årige Jack Sawyers kønsdele. Derudover blev jeg især ukomfortable, da Jack blev truet med voldtægt hvis han ikke arbejdede hårdt nok.

oven på det er der en masse ting der bare ikke giver mening!
I hvilket univers kan en 12 årig løbe hjemmefra og køre på tommelfingeren helt til Californien?
hvorfor leder ingen efter ham?
det var utroligt Jack ik fik PTSD efter han havde: næsten blevet voldtaget på sin abusive arbejdsplads, næsten blevet overfaldt af en mærkelig mand PÅ hans arbejdsplads, blev låst inde i et skur da Ulv skulle transformere og næsten døde af tørst, så hele hans børnehjem blive ædt, så Ulv dø lidt efter... og meget andet
Side note: Hvordan kan Richard skyde en israelsk maskinpistol??? han er så'n 12 altså make it make sense.
adventurous dark slow-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: Yes
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark 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: No

This was a surprising book! I haven't read much Stephen King (or any Straub) so maybe this book is predictable if you've read a lot of either author. I thought it was a pretty standard quest/road trip book, but it still somehow surprised me at every turn. I almost never expected what happened next, which was fun for me as a reader! I do think this book was probably longer than it needed to be. I enjoyed the first half a lot more than the second, though I did like the ending a lot. My favorite sequences were the Oatley Tap and Sunlight Home. Both gave me chills and were very well written. I think I will read Black House at some point, but I'm not sure when. 

I just re-read this for the first time since it was released. I have always thought of this book as one of the best road trip/coming of age novels I have ever read. Thankfully, my re-read proves that to be completely true. So immense. So diverse. So utterly good.
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: No

Took a while cuz of other life stuff intruding, but honestly, 900+ pages for what's essentially a somewhat scuzzier YA adventure book is pure King Kokaine overkill!

Fun set pieces tho!
adventurous emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes