Dreamcatcher
by Stephen King
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Author: Stephen KingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-03-20
ISBN: 0743211383
Number of pages: 620
Publisher: Scribner
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Book Reviews of Dreamcatcher
Book Review: "IT" has a little brother.
Summary: 4 Stars
I snapped Dreamcatcher up the minute it it the shops because i, unlike most other king readers have not lost faith in him due to his lack of literary success recently. So when i saw Dreamcatcher i was ready to be enthralled. The book didn't dissapoint me but neither did it excite me in the ways that many of kings earlier works have done. Although the story is rather cliched in itself the twists that take part within the psychological element of the tale are riveting. Also the clear definition between good and evil is a refreshing change in a literary world where the new gfad seems to be to blend characters into a mix of both bad and good. The real gem of the story though is the depiction of the relationship between the boys and their disabled friend duddits. Although slightly naive when discussing their childhood; the love that the men share in their adulthood is truly heartbreaking to read. I am not being pretentious when i say that the book nearly made me cry in several places. In this story king has tried to recapture the golden youth that he found so well in IT. He has not managed to truly find the same quality that he did with that book partly because he tries to make the childhood seem TOO perfect, it is still a heartwarming try however. The book is a definite read if you are a king fan, however if you are not then i suggest that you begin with a simpler book such as geralds game or misery because the surrealism within this tale, as in the shining can be hard to grasp at times. The book is darker than a lot of kings work, perhapsh due to his accident which is obviously prevelant in the tale, but there are several undertones which break the grimness of the talke and truly do make you want to live your childhood to the fullest, or live it again. The book is a horror story but like it, the horror is only the part of the tale which surrounds the real story, that of a friendship. It is this friendship and the trials that the friends go through which really make the book stand out. I warn you though, if you read this book, proceed to reading IT. You will find that Dreamcather is merely a little brother to the larger work.
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