sdawson 's review for:

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

4.0

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Ok ready for an unpopular opinion here?

I enjoyed this very much.

There are a lot of things about this that I really loved actually.

Spoiler

The fact that there was so much pulled in from IT (my favorite of his novels) was really cool for me while reading and definitely made the setting and scenery more interesting.

I really enjoyed this group of characters personalities, especially all the "slogans" they had between them. I am pleased to report that this is one of only a few of King's endings that I enjoyed and would call a "real good ending". As someone who doesn't read a ton of Sci-Fi and definitely doesn't read a lot about aliens I was really engaged with this species. I felt like it was a nice twist on a classic invasion. As I am a novice in the genre take that as you will.

Then there were the things I didn't love. The ending was a nice surprise but the first 400 pages felt like a drag. It may have been my own fault for reading this in the spring/summer (it's much better suited to the winter season I think) but I had to put it down for weeks at a time because I just couldn't get into it until the last half which I did finish within just a few days. There were times I thought it took way longer to cover some scenes than was necessary and as much as I loved the slogans they were repeated what felt like constantly. We're talking one on every other page it seemed, it's seriously packed with them.

I enjoyed this way more then I was anticipating but I get all the flack it gets. One of the better ones in my opinion but not one of the best.