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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

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breeamf's review against another edition

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dark inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

kitalla's review against another edition

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challenging

4.25

kskaro's review against another edition

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dark hopeful sad slow-paced

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

3.5

For more of the story, I didn’t get the hype and only kept going because I had the Morgan Freedman character in my head. (That movie is so iconic, I don’t think I actually ever watched it (too disturbing) but I still know it well.) But, I kept with it, and it’s definitely a good story and King can bring characters and places to life.

nakenyon's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

lefttoread's review against another edition

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3.0

Bits of this story were entertaining and had great potential but as always Stephen King goes off into little tangents that we could have done without, only King can make a short story feel like a full length novel. I've seen bits of the film and definitely think I'll enjoy it better.