A review by trevert
Joyland by Stephen King

4.0

Excellent, really excellent. NOT a horror novel but more a coming-of-age story about a brokenhearted young man who gets a job in an amusement park in 1971, and all that happens to him there. It's about changing times and growing up, as well as learning to grow out of stupid relationships. There's also a ghost and a serial killer and a whole lot of fairground atmosphere. Mostly, though, it is moving, inspirational, and emotional. Don't go into it expecting a horror novel full of scares and plot and twists, or you'll be disappointed. What it's really about it the weird magic of fairgrounds, learning to help other people, and growing up.