237 reviews for:

The life of Chuck

Stephen King

4.05 AVERAGE

existenchellecrisis's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

_delia's review against another edition

5.0

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I will live my life until my life runs out!!! I am wonderful!!! I deserve to be wonderful!!!! And I contain multitudes!!!! (And I’m crying at my work desk)

amfor's review against another edition

5.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

emmyjames's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

nina_p's review against another edition

4.25

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

life_with_lizzie13's review against another edition

4.75

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

bridget_in_md's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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 2 Stars for The Life of Chuck by Stephen King. If I'm honest, I didn't really get this one. It was ok, but not what I expected from King's short stories (when he gives us gems like The Body (aka Stand By Me), you just can't compare). Told in a backwards storyline, in 3 parts, the story starts with a couple dealing with an apocolyptic event. Because the story is told backwards, we start with Chuck who dies from a brain tumor at 39. As the end of the world happens, billboards are popping up celebrating Chuck's life. In Part 2, we see a moment of Chuck's life that he assumes God created the world for and in Part 1, we get Chuck's background of why he may have come to that conclusion. Part 1 was the most interesting, and typical King. But telling the story backwards really didn't help make the story any more profound, or interesting. I guess it was supposed to make you think but it just wasn't all that interesting. 

readerrho's review

2.0

slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

autumnlynnware's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

onlyzoe's review against another edition

3.0

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⭐️⭐️⭐️ A recently released novella of one of my fave authors - Mr. King himself. This 100-ish pg book told in 3 acts in a reverse chronological order detailed the life of Charles Krantz and it’s interconnectedness with the end of the world

It was decent and left me with more questions than answer’s. I’ll need some time to think on this for sure!

“I am wonderful, I deserve to be wonderful, and I contain multitudes.”