2.78k reviews for:

Revival

Stephen King

3.73 AVERAGE

melindamaureen's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yanny_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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My overthinking little mind has nothing to say about the book. This is my first Stephen King book and all I got to say is, something happened.

elsclara's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

timmytheturtle's review against another edition

3.0

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: Complicated

adhdwiccan's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

cristian_m's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Stephen King rushes to hit the beats of a classic Lovecraftian tale in the last 50 pages, after rambling on about smalltown Maine life. Still enjoyable, but not really horror imho

goodoldneon's review against another edition

4.0

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This is one bleak read. Glad it was a summer read and not a height-of-Ohio-winter-in-January-read. Parts of this were King at his absolute best, while some of the cartoon and cliche characterizations bogged it down a bit. The Lovecraft/Shelley influences were obvious and I enjoyed the nods King makes to their works. There is a lot of work early in the novel that really earns the unexpected and terrifying end.

This might be my favorite non-IT Stephen King. I'll be excited for the inevitable film/mini-series that comes out of this.

lori_ann_black's review against another edition

4.0

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Stephen King is a masterful storyteller, no doubt about it.....but I didn't find this story as scary as I had expected. It didn't haunt me like some of his others (Bag of Bones, It, The Shining), but Revival was still an excellent read!

garattyfisher's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this book with its following of one character from childhood, to older man. The relationship between him, his family, and the preacher... that made the story. The sad events that led the preacher Charles to stray from God's word, turned him into a savior (of sorts) to the main character Jamie, but made his heart grow cold for God and mankind. His experiments brings the action and the main character is forced to play along. This is a cool book to read on a plane or just as a time passer. Don't expect amazing, but expect entertaining. Definitely not one of Stephen King's best, but much better than his recent offerings. And it's pre 2016, so no TDS... excellent. 4.2/5

gabaghoul91's review against another edition

4.0

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Definitely a slow burn, but I think it was worth it.