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Salem's Lot by Stephen King

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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!

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joyreads_alot's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

lilibellule's review against another edition

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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

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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

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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.