Reviews

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

jingo_mort's review against another edition

5.0

49/130 (2019 Reading Challenge)

I loved this book and second read. First time would have been just as it came out (in paperback) so it has been a good while!

Did not get all the DT crossover stuff then & now it’s one of my favourite ever series of books. So interesting in all the links there. Mainly stories set around the era of the Vietnam war or the lives that have been forever influenced by it and the peace movement.

About childhood & growing up & the people we once knew. I really enjoyed it & parts made me really sad & emotional but being touch in that way is not a bad thing. As absorbing as anything he writes.

bentobean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

lauraabbs's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sgmlilja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

fio22's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

mrockhold's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bostonkatebooks's review against another edition

4.0

At first it was hard to get into this one, because I generally expect something a little more "horror" when I read Stephen King, and this was not that type of book. There was a little bit of the King style at the end of "Low Men in Yellow Coats" (the first of the five stories that make up this book), but most of the stories were just Vietnam-era-related stories about regular people with no horror elements whatsoever. But once I got going I ended up liking it a lot more than I thought I would. I actually liked "Hearts in Atlantis" - the second story - the best (I've seen a number of comments that say only "Low Men" is really any good, but I disagree). "Blind Willie" didn't do anything for me, but the rest of the book was quite good. I was just expecting something different when I started, that's all.

sapphirestars's review

5.0

Fun to reread this. Hilarious to me that they made this a movie and had to change it so much because they had to cut out all of the Dark Tower bits, of which there are a lot. I enjoyed reading it again and it is an emotional one, nice to be in the 60s. I am not as fond of the other stories as I am the main novella Long Men in Yellow Coats.

perocojones's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

kamilla112's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0