I just finished reading Revival and I have to say that with the exception of Joyland, this is my favorite recent King novel. He always does so well when he riffs on Lovecraft...
Anyway, several posters had asked about the whiskey in the car when Patsy and Morrie died and I had a thought. When Jacobs was talking with Jamie after the Terrible Sermon, he mentioned that the doctor in town (the one that had diagnosed Con) had come out to help Patsy with a "female problem". When I read this, I immediately thought "miscarriage," which might explain why Patsy was drinking (if she was even doing so). On a darker note, if Mother needs sacrifices, perhaps Jacobs (consciously or unconsciously) caused the miscarriage as part of his quest for the "secret electricity". I kept waiting for that particular thread to be tied up, but it never was. Perhaps Mr. King will return to this in a follow-up novel...
Anyway, several posters had asked about the whiskey in the car when Patsy and Morrie died and I had a thought. When Jacobs was talking with Jamie after the Terrible Sermon, he mentioned that the doctor in town (the one that had diagnosed Con) had come out to help Patsy with a "female problem". When I read this, I immediately thought "miscarriage," which might explain why Patsy was drinking (if she was even doing so). On a darker note, if Mother needs sacrifices, perhaps Jacobs (consciously or unconsciously) caused the miscarriage as part of his quest for the "secret electricity". I kept waiting for that particular thread to be tied up, but it never was. Perhaps Mr. King will return to this in a follow-up novel...