This is one of the most straight forward novels of King's that I've read in a long, long while. There were few to no surprises at all. I don't know if that's because I'm a Constant Reader or just an avid reader or whatever, but I sussed out the entire plot as soon as we met Luke and he was snatched and met the other kids. Maybe because it was the hints of Firestarter, The Shining, The Dead Zone, and more of his much earlier works that it just seemed...all too familiar.
This is not to say that it's a bad story by any means. What I would say is that there's just nothing new here at all.
I did like how he integrated the current political climate, especially in the lead up to the climax, and the lesson that sometimes we're all just a small part of a bigger solution in desperate need of one another.
To be fair, it was interesting enough to finish in one waking day.
B+
(edited for clarity)
This is not to say that it's a bad story by any means. What I would say is that there's just nothing new here at all.
I did like how he integrated the current political climate, especially in the lead up to the climax, and the lesson that sometimes we're all just a small part of a bigger solution in desperate need of one another.
To be fair, it was interesting enough to finish in one waking day.
B+
(edited for clarity)
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