dannireadsallthetime 's review for:

Christine by Stephen King

3.0

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So much hype for Christine, my dad loved it and Stephen King fans rave about it.
The hype is false.
If we could potentially throw the first 400 odd pages in the bin and then start the story that would be great. I was waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting for something to happen. It just took too long to get to the crunch. When it got to the crunch, I felt like I needed more, it fell a little flat to me.
I feel with Christine, King was maybe trying to get in your head and plant the fear there, a bit like Pet Sem, but it didn't work for me with this one, I wasn't scared.

I did enjoy reading the relationship between Arnie and his parents, and Dennis and his parents. I just liked the contrast. I enjoyed reading the feelings and thoughts Arnie had towards Christine. I mean, if that was my friend talking about a car like that, I would be concerned.
There were elements to like, obviously its a crazy car. It is defiantly worth a read. I just wish it was smaller.