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_bethb's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
2.0
Apparently I read this book in 2013 and gave it 4 stars on goodreads. I do not remember this at all. I just finished the audio book and would not give it 4 stars today (2024). Today I would give it 2 stars, so I will average it out and call it 3.
I found this book to be really disjointed and hard to follow. This makes sense; King wrote this not originally as a novel, but as multiple separate short stories over the course of about a decade. I didn’t understand what was going on most of the time. If this was an author I was unfamiliar with, I likely would not have finished the whole book. But I have read enough stuff by King that I’ve loved that I’m going to continue the series and see how it goes.
I found this book to be really disjointed and hard to follow. This makes sense; King wrote this not originally as a novel, but as multiple separate short stories over the course of about a decade. I didn’t understand what was going on most of the time. If this was an author I was unfamiliar with, I likely would not have finished the whole book. But I have read enough stuff by King that I’ve loved that I’m going to continue the series and see how it goes.
wilde91's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.5
The first 75% of this book is incredibly slow, but the last 25% really picks up and begins to get interesting.
cooskruisenga's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
qdm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
tommymcm's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.25
franklinroberts12's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
crickedcactus's review against another edition
1.0
What a horrible way to start a series. I could only get to page a 110 before I decided I didn't want to waste my tme with this book. I had heard before that this book wasn't as good as the actual series but... I was on page 110 an I still didn't know what the purpose of the character was, why he was following the black man or what the heck was going on with the dead people who weren't dead.
afinla22a's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.25