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Hearts in Atlantis
by Stephen King
I just wrote a really long review of this but the internet ate it because I also changed the edition that I read since I did not read the one with Anthony Hopkins' face on it.
Pretty much I just said that the book is a really good one. It reminded me how much I used to like reading King: he comes up with unique stories and is really good at describing internal things that people feel so deeply that they forget can be commonly shared experiences.
The four stories complement each other really well, even though they could also all stand alone as great short stories. There is also a killer Lord of the Flies motif that is a little bit overdone, but especially great the times you expected him to make the reference again, but just let the situations sit there, reeking of Golding.
Anywho, it's a great book and I think it could even be called an important book (although I hesitate to say that because it's King, which I know is unfair of me), but it's not an easy book to read. It's emotionally draining, but worth the drain.
Pretty much I just said that the book is a really good one. It reminded me how much I used to like reading King: he comes up with unique stories and is really good at describing internal things that people feel so deeply that they forget can be commonly shared experiences.
The four stories complement each other really well, even though they could also all stand alone as great short stories. There is also a killer Lord of the Flies motif that is a little bit overdone, but especially great the times you expected him to make the reference again, but just let the situations sit there, reeking of Golding.
Anywho, it's a great book and I think it could even be called an important book (although I hesitate to say that because it's King, which I know is unfair of me), but it's not an easy book to read. It's emotionally draining, but worth the drain.