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A review by efram
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
4.0
Salem's Lot rate of horrifying four stars displays my intense recommendation of the novel. This is highly-recommended for readers who delight with the classic good and evil plot and for those who adores Stoker's Dracula in where most characters in this novel were imaged. My low recommendation is for those impatient readers; the world-building here is superb but took at least a third of the book for establishment. The lessened star is about my personal opinion of the ending, nothing else.
The strengths of the novel are its first-rate world-building, with a magnificent use of an omniscient view, the author truly constructed Jerusalem's lot from its rise to its demise, diverse and relative characterization - this part is where one will find connection with a number of characters from their personalities and situations, and lastly, the masterful usage of horror all throughout. The only weakness I found is the weak resolution on the vanquishing of wickedness - inadequate.
The strengths of the novel are its first-rate world-building, with a magnificent use of an omniscient view, the author truly constructed Jerusalem's lot from its rise to its demise, diverse and relative characterization - this part is where one will find connection with a number of characters from their personalities and situations, and lastly, the masterful usage of horror all throughout. The only weakness I found is the weak resolution on the vanquishing of wickedness - inadequate.