Actually Reading the Book I’m Named After (And All of Stephen King’s Other Work)

Before reading:  In all honesty I have no idea what this one is. I got it confused with Elevation . I'm also not even sure what that one is. There is a church on the cover and it is called Revival  so I have some clues but other than that I have no idea what I'm in for. I feel like I've heard positive things about this but I don't hear about it often. So...yeah. Here we go.  After reading: I don't exactly know why, but I really really liked this one. Like I feel like it isn't as good as I think it was? This was probably one of my favorites. I wouldn't necessarily say like "this was so good!" but I would say that I really super enjoyed it. Something that I bring up often is how great of a character writer King is and I think that was really the crux of this one. The characters were so great and so vivid. It was simply a very readable and enjoyable book. Beyond the characters, this was a take on a classic horror tale and I found it to be well execute...

Before reading:  I have been waiting for this day for a long time. We are beginning the Bill Hodges trilogy! I love getting a series from King and this is supposed to be a good one. In addition, this is our first introduction to Holly! I met Holly in The Outsider  so I'm excited to officially begin her "series" as well. There is also supposed to be a really good TV show version of this, as well. Lots of good stuff so let's get into it! After reading: No surprise here, this was a good book. This was one of King's grittier tales and I would place it more under the thriller category. I was looking back at his other titles and I believe this is our first real detective/thriller type novel that isn't a Hard Case Crime book. I really enjoyed it! I know we get quite a few more from this genre after this one so I guess King enjoyed it, as well. This was a great intro to the Billy Hodges trilogy. I really liked his character and I'm glad we get to see more of him. ...