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Christine (1983)

Before reading: I've said it before, I am not into the genre of inanimate objects coming alive. That being said, I have been proven wrong in this journey many times and thus will keep an open mind. I would be lying if I said I was excited for this one, I'm not. But I am hopeful that it will be just as good as the rest of the books I've read so far. While the concept seems silly to me, King is such a strong writer that I'm sure he can get me to like the story even if the content matter is a little bit blah. Alright Christine, take me away. 

After reading: Dang it. It was so good. At this point it's just silly of me to not think I'll like something King writes. It's almost always so good. Let's jump right into my notes and talk about that ol' bitch, Christine. First and foremost, hallelujah for chapters. It had been a while since I read something from King that had chapters and this really helps me while I read. Also, I knew immediately when I saw the chapter names that I was going to enjoy this book. Just the chapter names alone were so charming. Something else that I enjoyed was that it was written very similar to Different Seasons which I had just finished reading where it is told as a retelling by a character. That character, Dennis, was perfectly written. I liked him right away and he sucked me in. I knew the entire story was going to be worth reading because of Dennis. 

Going a bit random now but if you read a book by Stephen King, odds are there will be a cat and the cat will have some sort of crazy name. So if you are in the market for a cat name, I'd recommend using Stephen King novels for inspo. Okay, back to real things. I honestly was not expecting this to be a coming of age story. I had no idea it was about teenagers. I was expecting a middle aged man. It was a pleasant surprise. One of the teenage bully characters, Buddy, reminded me a lot of Billy from Carrie. Kind of mirroring Carrie and all of its gruesomeness, oh my goodness. Once Christine starts killing...it. is. BRUTAL. I literally squirmed while reading this. The writing...amazing. The writing has to be amazing to make you squirm. Something I have noticed in multiple King books but haven't really touched upon is that I notice a lot of similarities to Harry Potter. I can only assume she who must not be named must have drawn inspiration from Stephen King but as a huge Potter fan I couldn't help but think...is Christine a horcux? Anyone else? No? Fine. Anywho, I actually found Christine to be quite scary. Not in your typical sense but that it was so creepy it gave me chills and there was so much dread and anticipation that I wanted to skip ahead. So good! 

My last few notes were simply: "Omgomgomgomgomg noooo!" "This is brutal" and "sad :(" So...take that as you will. 

I think all I really want to say is...don't judge a book by its cover? My whole life I honestly thought Christine was about some sentient car that is evil and there is some guy that owns her and they go around killing people. Yeah, that wasn't right. Christine is obviously an important character and at the center of it all but the characters are the heart. It is a really great story about really great characters that are plagued by this horrible car that comes with a dark past. I don't have much else to say except that it was really really good. 

Next up I'm going to go backwards a bit, ala Christine, but instead of going on a murderous rampage I'm just going to read The Mist.




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