Revival: A Novel

I read the paperback. I believe it was the 3rd of King's books I had ever read at the time. Now, I can't count how many. While the book may seem to have a slow start and the horror factor isn't as high as King's other stories, the storyline was still great. It gives you enough to want more and continue reading constantly tugging at your curiosity and wonder if what's next and what's the end game. Yes the ending, er well, the last quarter of the story could've offered more, it was still overall a solid 4 star read.

I've read many of Stephen King's books, my favorite being Lisey's Story. Revival reminded me in style of that thoughtful read. The main characters in Revival are easy to become attached to and believe in. Is I journey through this read and approach the end for just a little while I was disappointed. It seemed a little anti-climatic and I wandered away for a couple days. Thank goodness I went back because the ending smacked me right alongside the head. Give yourself a treat and breed Revival you won't regret

I have been let down by some recent Stephen King novels so I went in to this one without high hopes. As a whole, the story is a good one, not great, in the vein of Lovecraft or Poe. That is to say it relies on our own subconscious to create most of the horror without forcing a vision on us. It reminds me of early King novels in that it taps into a primordial fear. The ending itself is especially Lovecraftian in its design and description. While this is not the usual massive tome that we sometimes get from Mr. King, it still suffers from some lengthy dialog. Those expansions are geared towards trying to bring us into the mindset of one of the main characters, but for me it grows a little stale. I feel this point is pushed a bit and drags the direction of the story a bit askew and slows it down. What really makes this one shine for me is the writing itself. If ever a person sold their soul to be a better writer it is this man right here. The depictions and remembrances of the main character are so remarkably precise it seems more of an autobiography than a paranormal horror story. Nuances and instances are clarified in such detail that you are immediately connected and entrenched