Helpful Score: 1
It has been a very, very long time since I've read the works of Mr. King (I'm thinking Needful Things or The Wasteland from the Gunslinger series were among the last, not long after their respective publications). At first, it felt different than how I remembered his writing to be, but I recognized his style and felt a great comfort in it, once I settled in. I cut my reading teeth on King's novels, coupled with being from Maine, myself, reading this book was like "home".
Enough of the author, though, the story had me enthralled from page 1. There were few, very few, slow spots and they didn't last long (not common from what I remember of King's other books). His character development was fantastic and having skipped right past the map at the beginning of the book, I was able to picture the town's layout, quite well. A large cast of characters seems daunting, but, having gotten used to this on Martin's Song of Ice & Fire books, I didn't struggle with that (there's a helpful list at the front of the book, though I also didn't see it until I finished it).
Weighing in at a whopping 1000+ pages (still finished in less than a week, though, very fast-paced, intriguing story), I was glad I was reading on my Kindle, holding this massive book would have made my hands numb by page 5.
Loved the story, the characters and this fictional town of Maine (I promise, we aren't really like that!), I would heartily recommend this book to neighbors, friends & family! Enjoy!
Enough of the author, though, the story had me enthralled from page 1. There were few, very few, slow spots and they didn't last long (not common from what I remember of King's other books). His character development was fantastic and having skipped right past the map at the beginning of the book, I was able to picture the town's layout, quite well. A large cast of characters seems daunting, but, having gotten used to this on Martin's Song of Ice & Fire books, I didn't struggle with that (there's a helpful list at the front of the book, though I also didn't see it until I finished it).
Weighing in at a whopping 1000+ pages (still finished in less than a week, though, very fast-paced, intriguing story), I was glad I was reading on my Kindle, holding this massive book would have made my hands numb by page 5.
Loved the story, the characters and this fictional town of Maine (I promise, we aren't really like that!), I would heartily recommend this book to neighbors, friends & family! Enjoy!
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