ripvanwinkle's review against another edition
5.0
Stephen King is such a good storyteller and I really don't know how to put it any other way than that. Also the last two lines were so good and final without completely ending the story
grungeseabunny's review
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
orbitsquids's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-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
4.5
oxygen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
3.75
Good at making Christine scary, but too slow paced for my taste.
emma3257's review
4.0
*4.25 STARS* (Read for the Reading Rush)
I really enjoyed this! After watching and absolutely LOVING the movie, I couldn't wait to pick the book up and read it. It took my like 2 years, but I finally read it! The book overall, has one of my favourite plots from a Stephen King book. The book stood on the edge of dragging a bit, but had enough going on for me to be interested the whole time. I did find most of the characters to be dull and/or annoying, which was disappointing. I also want to mention if you were interested, that the movie is a pretty accurate adaption from the book aside from the ending.
I really enjoyed this! After watching and absolutely LOVING the movie, I couldn't wait to pick the book up and read it. It took my like 2 years, but I finally read it! The book overall, has one of my favourite plots from a Stephen King book. The book stood on the edge of dragging a bit, but had enough going on for me to be interested the whole time. I did find most of the characters to be dull and/or annoying, which was disappointing. I also want to mention if you were interested, that the movie is a pretty accurate adaption from the book aside from the ending.
mistbornpete's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? Yes
5.0
trevorjameszaple's review
3.0
Christine is a few different things. If you've ever taken the time to read King's Danse Macabre (an overview of the horror genre) you'll recognize Christine first and foremost as a tribute to those old horror films of the 1950s, where teenagers have to fend off some evil creature while the adults of the town bumble about in ineffectual ways. At the same time it's a metaphor for the obsessive nature of car-worship that took over adolescence in the 1950s - getting a car as a rite of passage from early adolescence to late. Deeper than that, it's a metaphor for the trials that adolescence puts you through: the hormonal changes, the clashes with your parents, the balancing of lusts, the tricky paths of friendship that can see old friends growing apart. The haunted car simply serves to exaggerate this theme; Christine could just as easily been a flesh-and-blood woman and the effect on Arnie Cunningham would have been the same. The change of Arnie is the real meat of the story; he becomes a stranger to his parents and his best friend, regardless of his being haunted, and it's an apt metaphor for the dark paths your average teenager wanders down as they change from being a child into an adult.
Of course, at the same time the book ends up on about the same level as a slasher flick, although with its setting of 1978 and the bite with which Christine dispatches characters it's more on the same plane as Halloween, as opposed to Friday The 13th Part V. Still, the ending comes off a bit cheesy, especially with the "well, not everything ended up totally happy" epilogue and the last few lines, which seem as though he lifted them directly out of one of the straight-horror pieces in Night Shift.
Of course, at the same time the book ends up on about the same level as a slasher flick, although with its setting of 1978 and the bite with which Christine dispatches characters it's more on the same plane as Halloween, as opposed to Friday The 13th Part V. Still, the ending comes off a bit cheesy, especially with the "well, not everything ended up totally happy" epilogue and the last few lines, which seem as though he lifted them directly out of one of the straight-horror pieces in Night Shift.