A review by mrfunkyland
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

5.0

Aside from The Shining, I didn't really get to know Stephen King as a writer until I started reading The Dark Tower series. Wizard and Glass was the first book of his I read that made me step back and appreciate that I was dealing with more than a [ridiculously] prolific horror writer. This book only solidifies the opinions I started forming then - that King is a versatile and talented author. As others have already said, part of the magic of this book is how authentically he presents the point of view of an adolescent boy, teetering on the verge of young adulthood. The complexity of the characters and their interwoven relationships is also pretty astonishing.