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by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Protagonist
- [ ] Hot garbage
- [ ] Boring boring boring
- [x] Serviceable
- [ ] Likeable leads
- [ ] I love them so much
Side Character
- [ ] Every character is terrible
- [ ] Characters commit sin of being boring/generic
- [x] Enough interesting characters to balance out the few terrible ones
- [ ] Likeable side characters
- [ ] Amazing characters all around
Plot
- [ ] Average, generic plot
- [ ] Average plot made interesting with creativity
- [ ] Crazy plot that is either so bad it’s good or just plain bad
- [x] Unique plot that keeps you interested
Writing
- [ ] Terribly written
- [ ] Very simple but effective language
- [ ] Average writing that does the job
- [x] Beautiful but accessible writing
- [ ] Challenging
Short Summary:
This is the first Stephen King book that I have ever read and I’m disappointed.
Not by the writing - I can see why King is a legend. It’s really good.
Not by the story - the plot is unique as heck. A technology-adverse professor buys a kindle and has access to works of authors in alternative universes? It’s a very fascinating idea.
Not exactly by the characters - the lead is a self-absorbed dick (not even a likeable dick). He does get karmic payback in some ways and reflects on it so that makes him more bearable as the story progresses. The other characters have personalities but I can’t even remember their names. The characters otherwise do the job and I was interested in what happened to them.
I’m mainly disappointed that you can tell it’s an ad for the Kindle. I know this book is older and was created when the device was getting popular but….wow, so blatant.
If anything, I’m a bit disappointed at myself that I made this my first entry into Stephen King. I definitely have to dive into his other works.