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A review by tsikes
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
5.0
"We had an opportunity to change everything. Instead, we settled for designer jeans, two tickets to Mariah Carey at Radio City Music Hall, frequent-flier miles, James Cameron's Titanic, and retirement portfolios"
This is King at his best. Hearts in Atlantis is a series of related short stories reflecting on a theme: living with your mistakes, or more specifically, living with the reality that you don't always live up to your own standards or potential.
Each story is set at a different time in America (from 1960-1999), and each story interweaves characters introduced in the first story: largely a set of children who grew up in the same town in the 60s. King uses this framework to reflect on his own (Boomer) generation. Just as each character in their story must live with the pains of not living up to their own values, so King must also live with a generation that he feels largely abandoned its values and traded in their potential for positive change for their own comfort.
These character driven narratives are a treat to read. I never felt like any story dragged on too long, and the weaker stories in the book were the shorter ones. Also, I'm a sucker for Dark Tower connections and this first story has a pretty strong connection to the Dark Tower series. I'd recommend this book to anyone.
This is King at his best. Hearts in Atlantis is a series of related short stories reflecting on a theme: living with your mistakes, or more specifically, living with the reality that you don't always live up to your own standards or potential.
Each story is set at a different time in America (from 1960-1999), and each story interweaves characters introduced in the first story: largely a set of children who grew up in the same town in the 60s. King uses this framework to reflect on his own (Boomer) generation. Just as each character in their story must live with the pains of not living up to their own values, so King must also live with a generation that he feels largely abandoned its values and traded in their potential for positive change for their own comfort.
These character driven narratives are a treat to read. I never felt like any story dragged on too long, and the weaker stories in the book were the shorter ones. Also, I'm a sucker for Dark Tower connections and this first story has a pretty strong connection to the Dark Tower series. I'd recommend this book to anyone.