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A review by kandicez
The Breathing Method by Stephen King
4.0
I feel a bit like a broken record. I love the writing, the buildup, the background, but didn’t care for the tale featured in the title. I found all the detail about this Gentlemen’s Club that was not a club, fascinating. The idea that an entire set of books, previously unpublished anywhere else, could be found on the shelves of this…place, was fascinating to me as a reader. I wish there were a club place like that I could visit.
The fact that the men who “hung out” there were not members and paid no dues just sets my mind whirling on crazy spirals. How did the place stay in business, keep the lights on, buy wood for that massive fireplace, all the booze? How did Stevens earn a living? Tips, no matter how generous, at Christmas would not be enough.
When we get to the actual tale, I didn’t care for the finale at all. I liked reading about a strong and resourceful young woman dealing with the hand she was dealt. I loved how kind her doctor was. I did NOT care for the scene at the end. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but that couldn’t happen and there was no reason it needed to. The story could have ended any number of ways besides that one and I would have been happy with it.
Five stars for everything but the end and two stars for that.
The fact that the men who “hung out” there were not members and paid no dues just sets my mind whirling on crazy spirals. How did the place stay in business, keep the lights on, buy wood for that massive fireplace, all the booze? How did Stevens earn a living? Tips, no matter how generous, at Christmas would not be enough.
When we get to the actual tale, I didn’t care for the finale at all. I liked reading about a strong and resourceful young woman dealing with the hand she was dealt. I loved how kind her doctor was. I did NOT care for the scene at the end. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them, but that couldn’t happen and there was no reason it needed to. The story could have ended any number of ways besides that one and I would have been happy with it.
Five stars for everything but the end and two stars for that.