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A review by bookswithtina
Christine by Stephen King
4.0
When I picked this up I was worried about the length of it and the fact it was a King book, so I prepared myself for over descriptions and lengthy town building.
HOWEVER, I was wrong. Christine was probably one of my easiest King reads yet. Although it’s a chonky book ~ 600 pages, it’s written really well.
Christine, a ‘58 Plymouth Fury, was destined to a rusty death until Arnie Cunningham spots her and falls in love. His pal, Dennis, was very pessimistic about the car and tried to talk him out of buying her for fear that she was a rust bucket and just general ‘bad vibes’. But Arnie obviously doesn’t listen.
The perspective is mainly from Dennis’ point of view in the beginning of the book, but somewhere we start to follow Arnie and various people associated to him as his life and Christine are transformed. I didn’t even see where it happened, the switch in perspective felt seamless for me.
The character development in this book is so well done. I had a roller coaster relationship with Arnie, I hated him, I loved him, then I loved to hate him. I actually understood why he felt so connected to his car, the work he put into it and how it gave him his freedom.
The supporting characters in this book were great, Leigh, Michael, Regina, Dennis and even the classic bad guys were described so well I could imagine them very clearly and that made me feel like I was transported to that time. I’m still not a fan of the way King portrays female characters, but that’s something I try to take with a pinch of salt as the book was written in the 80s. I’m also not a fan of the unnecessary use of racial slurs. So be aware of that if you pick this book up.
All in all I would read this book again, the ending is a little obvious but I enjoyed it so much and throughout the whole book I was gripped/couldn’t put it down so I 5 starred it.
HOWEVER, I was wrong. Christine was probably one of my easiest King reads yet. Although it’s a chonky book ~ 600 pages, it’s written really well.
Christine, a ‘58 Plymouth Fury, was destined to a rusty death until Arnie Cunningham spots her and falls in love. His pal, Dennis, was very pessimistic about the car and tried to talk him out of buying her for fear that she was a rust bucket and just general ‘bad vibes’. But Arnie obviously doesn’t listen.
The perspective is mainly from Dennis’ point of view in the beginning of the book, but somewhere we start to follow Arnie and various people associated to him as his life and Christine are transformed. I didn’t even see where it happened, the switch in perspective felt seamless for me.
The character development in this book is so well done. I had a roller coaster relationship with Arnie, I hated him, I loved him, then I loved to hate him. I actually understood why he felt so connected to his car, the work he put into it and how it gave him his freedom.
The supporting characters in this book were great, Leigh, Michael, Regina, Dennis and even the classic bad guys were described so well I could imagine them very clearly and that made me feel like I was transported to that time. I’m still not a fan of the way King portrays female characters, but that’s something I try to take with a pinch of salt as the book was written in the 80s. I’m also not a fan of the unnecessary use of racial slurs. So be aware of that if you pick this book up.
All in all I would read this book again, the ending is a little obvious but I enjoyed it so much and throughout the whole book I was gripped/couldn’t put it down so I 5 starred it.