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A review by psilosiren
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
5.0
The more Stephen King I read, the more I am impressed. I have fallen in love with all of the stories connected to his Dark Tower series, and this one was as great as most of them have been. I really love the way it was broken into four interconnected stories, and how the characters connected with each other in unexpected ways.
This novel explores a lot of the darker and more poignant sides of human existence, exploring themes like courage and betrayal and guilt in very moving and sometimes disturbing ways. The end of the novel definitely tugged at my heartstrings and put me into that pensive mood that only a truly good book or movie can do.
King does an awesome job of making very relatable characters. While his children sometimes seem a bit more mature than children should be, at the same time they don't always seem that farfetched in their wisdom.
The contrast between characters like the college Carol Gerber and the veteran John Sullivan is striking, and adds a richness to the storyline that I think is hard to come by for many authors.
I loved this book. I'd probably recommend reading the Dark Tower series first, but who knows. If I had read it before The Stand, I probably wouldn't have remembered the fact that the world of The Stand was mentioned in The Dark Tower series. I will probably have to revisit The Dark Tower again after I have read some more of King's work and see all the places where it connects (as many as I can and I suppose I'll miss many more).
This novel explores a lot of the darker and more poignant sides of human existence, exploring themes like courage and betrayal and guilt in very moving and sometimes disturbing ways. The end of the novel definitely tugged at my heartstrings and put me into that pensive mood that only a truly good book or movie can do.
King does an awesome job of making very relatable characters. While his children sometimes seem a bit more mature than children should be, at the same time they don't always seem that farfetched in their wisdom.
The contrast between characters like the college Carol Gerber and the veteran John Sullivan is striking, and adds a richness to the storyline that I think is hard to come by for many authors.
I loved this book. I'd probably recommend reading the Dark Tower series first, but who knows. If I had read it before The Stand, I probably wouldn't have remembered the fact that the world of The Stand was mentioned in The Dark Tower series. I will probably have to revisit The Dark Tower again after I have read some more of King's work and see all the places where it connects (as many as I can and I suppose I'll miss many more).