1.29k reviews for:

El talismán

Peter Straub, Stephen King

3.91 AVERAGE

kjmastaw's review against another edition

3.0

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

thepizzdotbizz's review against another edition

4.0

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

tropicani's review against another edition

1.0

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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.

dianabrito's review against another edition

2.25

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

jill6005's review against another edition

5.0

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

dreamreader's review against another edition

4.0

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

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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. 

timsamoff's review against another edition

5.0

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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.

mdickson1985's review against another edition

4.0

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

luana420's review against another edition

3.0

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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!

xanthofile's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes