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wren_rainbow's review against another edition
4.0
Stephen King is a wonderful story teller - he can be very drawn out and descriptive which can be annoying for some but it honestly helps the imagery formed in your head. Reading his books is like watching a movie - I can clearly immerse myself in his world (for better or worse). Ben Mears was a bit of a flat character in comparison to the others around him but I can over look that. Looking gears to reading more of Mr. King’s works!
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Sexual violence
lilibellule's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
bogentusiast's review against another edition
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
4.25
bbrassfield's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent second novel from Stephen King. I have not read any early King since I was very young and these early novels were relatively new, but last year I re-read IT and enjoyed it more than I remembered the first time. In the case of Salem's Lot, reading this early work is like being introduced to a different writer. The writing is far more economical and there is a lyrical quality to some of the more thoughtful passages that are just absent from some of his later work. I am talking about really poignant passages about the mutability of time and the seasons, and by comparison, our relatively short lives. Perhaps this is due to Salem's Lot being a novel about vampires, a modern day Dracula come to a small Maine town a hundred years or so after Bram Stoker, but I rather think the more lyrical prose is just the work of a younger writer still feeling his way through his then-new fictional dreamscape. Either way, Salem's Lot is a joy to read for fans of the genre and quite interesting to revisit given King's long and prodigious career.
toadtornado's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
babyintoyland's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
baileyboldt's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
bigpapadouglas's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced