Catherine Coleman

Poorly written

Revisado: 03-04-25

I couldn’t make it all the way through this book. I’ve read other books by Bentley Little and enjoyed them. This one reads like a rushed one night writing with little thought put into developing the story. The idea in itself is very interesting, but the execution of telling the story is poor. It skips along quickly And feels as if we are missing crucial pieces of the story that could build up the energy of it. There is no character development. The romantic element feels faults, superficial, and rushed. Poorly written

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Cheesy, but still entertaining 

Revisado: 03-27-24

The story had promise, but got to be a bit cheesy by the end. Had cliché, trauma, tropes, and bad lines. However, if one can tolerate that without too much cringe, the story overall was still enjoyable.

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Favorite King story

Revisado: 02-11-24

This is definitely my favorite Stephen King story. I appreciate how we get to know Jack and his struggles with his alcoholism, and how that plays out throughout the story. I also appreciate how with both Wendy and Jack, we can see history and enter generational trauma, connecting to each of their parents in their childhood And wanting to do a different with their child. Their experiences at the overlook are brilliantly written to wear initially it’s small, insidious experiences all the way up until the evil of the hotel cannot be denied. My favorite King book 

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A bit unbelievable

Revisado: 02-02-24

Overall, the idea of the story was pretty good, but the further into it it got the more unrealistic and unbelievable it became. There’s just simply no way higher-ups in the FBI would put up with teenage kids disobeying orders every turn.

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Relationship with the narrator 

Revisado: 01-30-24

Without giving anything away, I was very intrigued by how the readers relationship with the narrator changes as the book unfolds. I am a therapist and found a lot of the psychological components that Elliott speaks of to be accurate. All of the characters ultimately are just searching for a basic human need of wanting to love and be loved.

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Shocked that it ended 

Revisado: 01-28-24

I was really enjoying the story and was pretty into it and then suddenly it ended. I actually said out loud, “that’s it?“ Otherwise I liked the narrators. I enjoyed getting to know the different characters and their connections to each other and the history of the town.

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It was just OK

Revisado: 01-17-24

I experienced the first half of the story, dragging on, and on. Once Luke had been captured and held captive by blood frenzy, things got confusing that I don’t feel wherever fully explained. Given everything that Luke went through, I found the ending quite dissatisfying.

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To descriptive

Revisado: 11-17-23

I found myself getting annoyed, trying to get through the story. Kuntz overly described too many things to the point that the descriptions, slow down the movement of the story. It could’ve been much more exciting if there was less descriptors of items in context that were of no consequence to the story itself.

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Incredible and illuminating story

Revisado: 11-04-23

This is such an amazing and gripping story right from the beginning. I listened to this book in two days because I could not stop. As a white person it was illuminating to experience through the eyes and ears and body of Black people during segregation. I’m involved in anti-racism work, and I am a therapist and would recommend this book to many. I especially liked how at the end the author made connections to her own family history.

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Suspenseful and engaging story

Revisado: 07-08-23

I was surprised to see that the reviews came out to a 3.8 for this novel. That was not my experience at all. I thought the story provided character death highlighting the relationships between the characters along side and intriguing and scary story. Diversity and the tensions that can com from that were demonstrated in the story, which can be a microcosm of our broader society. The story delved into something exploring religious differences while trying to keep science and reason at the forefront. I highly recommend this book. I am visually impaired, and this review was dictated.

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