799 reviews for:

Dreamcatcher

Stephen King

3.35 AVERAGE

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

Grave error leer este libro después de ver la película.

Quizá no es el mejor libro para empezar con Stephen King, porque tiene todos los elementos de sus thrillers mezclados con múltiples voces narrativas.

No obstante, sigo pensando en S.K. como el Lope de Vega yanki de este siglo: mezcla temas arquetípicos (aliens, amistad, Maine, poderes sobrenaturales) con personajes preestablecidos (Beav es una copia del gafotas de It) y tintes siniestros: tienes como resultado "El Cazador de Sueños". Que no es, sorprendentemente, predecible; sigue aportando cosas nuevas al género en su modalidad best-seller.

Por último, toda mi admiración para Jofre Homedes, el traductor. Me lo he pasado genial leyendo el repertorio de palabrotas de Beaver, Jonesy, Henry y el señor Gray, que en español sonaban tanto o más coloridas que en inglés (¡tócame los perendengues! ¡MMDD!) y el duddités (¿Adegla tatilla?) GRACIAS.

Not one of Kings best but definitely an enjoyable read. However, if you are not a King fan this could be a slog to read, especially towards the end. Im a bit of a King fanboy so I may have enjoyed this more than most.
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

This work is more of a 3.5 for me. I found the premise of aliens and a group of friends grappling against evil engaging, but overall pacing, characterization of Duddits, and the amount of gore and farts within this book made it less appealing to me. The last third of the book I enjoyed the most but to make it 500 ish pages prior to this experience is challenging.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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pepperuwu's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 30%

Igual en otro momento pero entre que el ebook está mal puesto y me está dando pereza mejor lo cuelgo

2 ⭐
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No