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A review by emilypolcyn
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
This is a perfect vampire book to me. I loved how much setup we had — it made the world feel so real and grounded so when the vampires actually came the stakes were incredibly high (haha get it… stakes…)
A lovable cast of characters and a portrait of some truly awful people. I expected a good scary story but didn’t expect to love the people in it as much as I did.
Some outdated language / iffy remarks about queer and trans people but the story is all about terrible people + it was the 90s and King is just some white guy so I’ll give him a break. But if that sort of stuff upsets you be forewarned (not that you probably read Stephen King to feel warm and fuzzy inside… but still)
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Car accident, Death, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape and Sexual violence