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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
This book is for those who appreciate the darkest side of the space fantasy genre. More like creatures coming to earth expecting a good response.But us humans do what we always do.
There's probably a half decent 200-page novel in this but as it stands it's almost too boring to finish. Someone badly needs to edit King.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
let me just preface this by saying that i love stephen king. he could write a recipe for roadkill marinated in asswater and broiled to perfection on a car engine and i would swoon at the poetics of his writing and in all likelihood hump his leg.
however.
weasels that bust out of your ass and leave blood everywhere is a conceit that was done before, and much better, and with less trauma on the colon. its called alien and aliens (and yes, im ignoring the latter two films because they suck. suck. SUCK.). those two films do what king is unable to do with this novel: maintain tension. scare people. be good.
and duddits? really? as much as i wanted to feel sorry for and love duddits, i just really couldnt do it. even though the four boys/men were assholes to him eventually and i know that was supposed to make me feel connected to him and wonder at the marvel of childhood innocence being connected to spiritual powers, duddits just did not do it for me.
i do give one star simply because kings portrayal of the boys friendship, before adulthood comes and screws them all up (hello, remnants of "the body," no?) is per usual, very gracefully and realistically done.
also, i needed something to tide me over before his return with liseys story and duma key.
however.
weasels that bust out of your ass and leave blood everywhere is a conceit that was done before, and much better, and with less trauma on the colon. its called alien and aliens (and yes, im ignoring the latter two films because they suck. suck. SUCK.). those two films do what king is unable to do with this novel: maintain tension. scare people. be good.
and duddits? really? as much as i wanted to feel sorry for and love duddits, i just really couldnt do it. even though the four boys/men were assholes to him eventually and i know that was supposed to make me feel connected to him and wonder at the marvel of childhood innocence being connected to spiritual powers, duddits just did not do it for me.
i do give one star simply because kings portrayal of the boys friendship, before adulthood comes and screws them all up (hello, remnants of "the body," no?) is per usual, very gracefully and realistically done.
also, i needed something to tide me over before his return with liseys story and duma key.
I'm usually not a fan of aliens and that sort of thing. This book was an exception to that rule. I argue that it goes more into psychology than aliens in the first place. The movie was good too, mainly for cute boys but...hey.
I adore these characters.
I adore these characters.
2.5/5. Este año he leído La cúpula y El resplandor de King y ambos me han encantado, pero con este no me ha pasado lo mismo. La verdad es que el comienzo me gustó mucho y me enganchó, me gustó mucho todo eso que les pasaba en la infancia, pero a medida que avanzaba el libro y sobre todo a medida que se introducían a los militares, empecé a sentir cómo me costaba continuar la lectura. Además esperaba algo de terror y me he encontrado con algo más de ciencia ficción. Dejo aparcado a King por un tiempo, con tres novelas suyas en 2015 tengo suficiente por el momento.
This book could have used half the words and told the same story.
If you're a fan of sci-fi and aliens, this book would definitely be a good catch. Although compared to the first book that I've read from King (Bag of Bones), I'd say that this one was a little dragging. Maybe because I'm not really into aliens, but there's something lacking from this book at all. I spent more than a month to actually finish the book, not because it's long, but because I don't find the willingness to finish it at all.
Also, I agree with most of the people saying that King should've stick with his first title, "Cancer", since the theme of the whole book is fitting to it.
Also, I agree with most of the people saying that King should've stick with his first title, "Cancer", since the theme of the whole book is fitting to it.
King has done it again. Aliens, government conspiracies, psychic and mystical beings, what more could a reader want? This is definitely one of King's more far-fetched novels, but it feels extremely realistic in the way characters and events are portrayed. The story is told from multiple perspectives, as many King novels are, so if you are not a fan of that, steer clear of this guy. However, the characters are easy enough to distinguish from one another, and it is worth the extra effort to read.