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whatrosiereads's review against another edition
2.0
Not one of my favorites. It was hard for me to relate to the time period and the characters.
jelly_toast's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
I didn’t realize going in that this was more of a collection of short stories that are connected than a book. I wanted more out of the first story than I ended up getting.
destinyrayburn's review against another edition
4.0
This book follows the lives of 5 children growing up together in the same town and jumps forward in time to show how they ended up. It delves into the horror that was the Vietnam War and how it changed everything for each of them.
max_outlier's review against another edition
3.0
As both a film buff and avid reader, I tend to read books that have been adapted to film since many screenplays often leave out or create characters, or change plots. The Anthony Hopkins film with the same title, was yet another stellar performance by the iconic artist and surprisingly, the book wasn't at all what I expected; far from it in fact. While well written, its broken into 4 interconnected stories, none of which touch on the 'low men in yellow coats' we learn about in the first story. The film is focused purely on the first story with no reference to any of the others. The other 3 sections are focused on how the card game of Hearts plays a role, as well as memories of the Vietnam war using characters from the first section. Personally I would have preferred a continuation of the first story, the mystery of the low men and more about Ted's back story. Regardless its not a favorite SK book, but I'm glad I read it just the same.
mishafoo's review against another edition
4.0
This book has a very interesting atmosphere to it. Historical yet kind of fantastic and magical. This book reminds me of 11/22/63 only this time we are the ones who traveled in time to the 60s. The stories were so real I actually felt like I'm THERE. being a student currently, his story about college students hit right in the mark, I can't even deliver how accurately King caught the atmosphere even though it was in a completely different time. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that this book felt a bit too long and some of the stories were a bit dull. But I enjoyed most of it.
jackalackin's review against another edition
4.0
The two earlier & longer stories in this sort-of-novel-sort-of-collection are definitely the strongest, but they were really great.
bbabyok's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book because it’s supposed to be connected to the Dark Tower series, or at least one of the stories are. I had seen the movie with Sir Anthony which is actually the first of the five short stories called, “Low Men in Yellow Coats,” about Bobby Garfield of Harwich, Connecticut, who craves a Schwinn for his 11th birthday. But his widowed mom is impoverished, and so bitter that she barely loves him. Bobby’s mom takes in a lodger, Ted Brautigan and then tale turns and it is a Dark Tower story that just happens to be here in this novel instead of in the actual series. The other four stories are connected to the first weakly, but whole book is enjoyable.