Dreamcatcher by Stephen King Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Dreamcatcher
Book Review: Dont like King, but I like this one!!
Summary: 4 Stars
Dreamcatcher had one of the goriest scenes in the world of liturature. The thought of an alien biting its way out of someone's rectum is just sickening, and strangely appealing.
I really enjoyed the book but like with so many novels of this size, the ending almost always lacks from the rest of the book. Ive seen this happen many times, even to the best of authors: Dean Koontz, John Saul, James Patterson.
After a drawn out ending that could have been 150 pages less than what it was, my interest level drudged down a bit, but I still enjoyed the book very much. Otherwise it would have been five stars.
Book Review: DreamCatcher!
Summary: 4 Stars
Jonesy, Beaver, Henry, and Pete are four young friends who save a boy named Duddits,who had a syndrome. They helped Duddits from other boys in another words they were his protectors. From that day they found a special bond between them who immunes them with each other.Every year they go up to Maine for their annual hunting trip.While they were their they saw strange things happening, and witness, for the first time, creatures beyond their imagination. Soon they found out that they are taking part in alien invasion. Two friend died during the book Pete and Beaver. The other two friends Jonesy and Henry save the Earth from contaminated water supply with a disease called Byrus. In ending they found out that they saved the world by aliens from their friend "DreamCatcher," Duddits.Book Review: Dreamcatcher
Summary: 4 Stars
King's two primary strengths, those things that he does better than anyone, are showcased in this novel.His characterizations are exquisite. As usual, he bombards the reader with the characters when first introduced, staturating the pages with the flavor of the character while leaving plenty to plumb later as the story develops.
In addition, King's voice rings through as clear as ever, like an old friend. I hated for the book to end because I wanted that voice to continue telling me about Duddits and the rest.
Unfortunately, King's biggest weakness, in my opinion, is also a big part of this novel, namely his inability to bring his opus to a satisfactory conclusion. Of course, his endings never live up to the promise of the rest of the work but all in all, that's okay. Us King fans are used to it and the novel's charms make up for in spades.
Book Review: Dreamcatcher
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a HUGE Stephen King fan! And this book is in my opinion one of the best ever! I could not put it down!Book Review: Dreamcatcher
Summary: 4 Stars
Dreamcatcher. Stephen King. New York, NY: Pocket Books, 2001, 879 pages.In reading "Dreamcatcher", I was somewhat mesmerized. Stephen King did an excellent job of capturing you at the very beginning. I was literally doing nothing but reading for hours at a time. There are many things within this book that just capture my attention and wouldn't let go. The contents include the lifelong friendship of four men, the overcoming of all too well known bullies (aliens), and the ever popular but never tiring feared invasion of an unprepared world by that unknown life force. Also while reading I didn't really see any real purpose but to entertain an audience of people who enjoy reading about terrifying alien stories. I may not be into to whole alien invasion thing, but this book really got be hooked.
This book was significant to Stephen King for many different reasons. The references made to pain that one of the main characters Gary Jones (Jonesy) feels is a symbolism of the pain being felt by Stephen King. For Stephen King makes a reference to this in his afterward. He wrote the book during his six and a half months of recovery. So as you can see this book as some sort of outside preference beside that of the author's pure imagination.
This story focuses on four men, who 25 years after rescuing a mentally disabled boy from a bunch of bullies, encounter some bullies of they're own. They must face death and hardship, but in the end it will be more than worth what was sacrificed. They are thrust into a situation with creature from another world. Their only hope is locked deep within their past and their dreamcatcher. The boy they save will help them in more ways than one. He will be the one that keeps them together even when they begin to drift apart. "He's holding on for us, Jonesy, I told you. Holding us together"(pg. 830). They will remember one thing over the years, "That was our finest hour."(Pg.187).
Now it's time for me to really tell you all what I personally thought of the book. First I will start off with how well the book went about achieving its goal of entertaining the reader. I personally think it did an excellent job. It captured my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested the whole way through. Next is the possibilities suggested by this book. The whole invasion thing makes you wonder what would really happen if that occurred. The book gets you thinking about the planet we live on and the creatures lurking in the darkness of space. I haven't really read many other books on the subject of alien invasion, but of the ones I have read I would have to say that this is the best one by far. Stephen King puts a lot of description in his writing. You uses quite a bit of foreshadowing so you kind of get an idea of what's going to happen next, but you are still left surprised when something happens that you didn't expect.
For my final take I would rate this book with an about an A. It did flow extremely well and gave you a vivid picture of what's happening, but some of the parts you read kind of make you think they were almost put in there for no particular reason at all. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good alien invasion mixed with a bit of struggle between lifelong friends. If you've seen the movie and liked it you will most definitely like the book. It's a bit long and drawn out, but a great read overall.