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A review by heather01602to60660
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
3.0
Had to reread for book club, and while I know I read this shortly after its release, the only things I remembered about it were the "shit weasels" (like how could you not remember that?) and the location of the climax since it was semi-local for me. I didn't even remember if I liked it the first time around.
I can definitely say now, no. So why 3 stars? Because there was so much potential, and I think that was my second biggest complaint about the book. There were several very interesting concepts here, but because there were so many, nothing really got a thorough exploration. Aliens, military, ESP, buddy tale... pick one and write a good book about it, or pick all of the above and get all you can eat buffet quality.
My biggest complaint was by far was the way Duddits' character was written. I guess maybe it was progress that this time it wasn't a black character being the magical mystical helper/savior of the white characters, but now we've moved on to a developmentally disabled perma-child character to fill that position. It wasn't just the language the "hero" characters used about Duddits, though that was cringe-inducing, especially since they never had a moment even later as adults of thinking "wow, we were sh**ty, weren't we?" but the entire framing of their being saviors of this poor helpless little lost lamb as the time they were at their best as humans.
Add in a lot of things that happened without any explanation and having 4 pretty interchangeable men as the central characters, and I just... am so disappointed in the potential unmet here.
I can definitely say now, no. So why 3 stars? Because there was so much potential, and I think that was my second biggest complaint about the book. There were several very interesting concepts here, but because there were so many, nothing really got a thorough exploration. Aliens, military, ESP, buddy tale... pick one and write a good book about it, or pick all of the above and get all you can eat buffet quality.
My biggest complaint was by far was the way Duddits' character was written. I guess maybe it was progress that this time it wasn't a black character being the magical mystical helper/savior of the white characters, but now we've moved on to a developmentally disabled perma-child character to fill that position. It wasn't just the language the "hero" characters used about Duddits, though that was cringe-inducing, especially since they never had a moment even later as adults of thinking "wow, we were sh**ty, weren't we?" but the entire framing of their being saviors of this poor helpless little lost lamb as the time they were at their best as humans.
Add in a lot of things that happened without any explanation and having 4 pretty interchangeable men as the central characters, and I just... am so disappointed in the potential unmet here.