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Hearts in Atlantis: New Fiction

Hearts in Atlantis: New Fiction

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I forgot how much I love Stephen King
Review: This is an addendum to my previous review. When Ted gave Bobby "Lord of the Flies" to read, I realized how much of an impact it would have on a young mind. I remember reading it when I was 16. I am now 53 and can still recall almost every event that took place. King probably read it at an early age too. Low men in yellow coats...where does he come up with these ideas. I love them. There have been King books that made me wince and forced me to put them aside for days at a time until I had the nerve to pick them up again. But this one, it is a charmer. Fully fleshed-out characters that took me back to my college years. Don't look for horror in this one. Being a middle school teacher, I could totally understand the caring side of young people as well as the brutal side as depicted in the first story. King is a master at portraying both. Read it and weep! I did.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A wonderfull piece of penmanship,the world should read it..
Review: All I can say is, that it took me 4 hours from start to finish to read it ..I could try and write a novel about this review,but why, when I can say in it in one word "GREAT" It even has a touch of the dark tower in it.I lust after its sequel(there must be one). One of my favorite card games is Hearts, now more so than ever.I wish I could write like SK,The mind this man must have amazes me,keep it up SK,you'll always have a fan here..

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Among his best
Review: Having grown up in a milieu similar to the settings of most of King's novels, I feel a certain attraction to them. Here, again, he strikes an unerring tone of versimilitude, not only for the region and the period, but the people. The intertwining of the various parts of the story is well done. His allusions to the "Dark Tower" series -- among his worst, IMO -- have succeeded in making me give them another try. No single book will capture the '60s, but this goes a terrifically long way in meeting that goal.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stephen King never disappoints...
Review: I could not put this book down, and I felt as if I was falling into each of the stories. I understood the characters, I felt what they were going through.. and of course, I have always loved the most mysterious Mr. King and respect his work and his genius. I hope everyone reads Hearts in Atlantis.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You'll think about this book well after the last page
Review: I've been an avid Stephen King fan for about 20 years now. I thought this book was one of the better to come out of the last 5 years. Bobby Garfield, Ted and Carol are very well developed and likeable characters. I love the way King gets into the mind of a child and makes the reader feel like a kid again. I'm fascinated with his ability to weave the Dark Tower series into his novels and hope to see more of Ted in the series. I'm dying to know what a "breaker" is and does. Keep up the great work. I felt the next 4 stories were a little lacking. Did King think his readers would be daunted by the lengthy novel and not read? Come on Steve - we read the Stand and the Stand the uncut version. We'll read novels over a thousand pages, you could have developed the stories a little more.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: King's BEST ever book! A must read, even for non-King fans
Review: I have read every Stephen King book written. Some have been terrific (The Shining, The Stand), some have been mediocre (Rose Madder), some were not that great (Insomnia)....this book was absolutely a masterpiece. You must run out and buy this book. I think anyone that gave it a bad review was expecting a horror book. This is a book about life. Its just exceptional!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A BOOK THAT COULD BE GOOD
Review: The story line of the novel was ok, but some of the language was totally unnecessary. . .I belive authors can make the same point still using decency and tack, thus touching even a larger audience.

If you really want to read a book that will keep your interest all the way through, based on a very erotic but totally clean and beuatiful love relationship. ..read Stolen Mometns by Barbara Jeanne Fisher.. .It is the most beautiful love story ever, you fall in love with each character, and this is a book you will always want to keep and read again and again... I makes eavh reader know for sure that life and love are ever so precious and never to be taken for granted . ..try it you will love it...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Back in Time
Review: This is my first King novel. Also, the first time I ever felt the need to write a "review." I was about 3 years too old to be caught up in the college age 60's but, none the less, that era planted in me a strange feeling. Things that were going on in this country were not right, at the same time, kids were doing the right thing (whether they went to war or protested to bring home the ones who did go). His writing ability and accuracy in bringing it all back to recreate that eerie feeling was awsome. I took plenty of time to read this book so that I could digest it as I went along. I am glad I did. I will highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to know what the 60's were like. This book is a masterpiece and deserves space on everyone's shelf along with all history books. Congratulations Mr. King.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Definitely one of his best!
Review: I have been a long-time, devoted "dear reader" - yes, even through the good and the bad; there truly have been enough of both. I approached this work as I do all of Kings'; with anticipation but a careful wariness. I have always felt that someone as prolific as he can't possibility hit the mark each time. Yet I keep coming back for more. This time I was rewarded! What a wonderful story....told in typical King fashion filled with the kind of insights that ring true over and over again. I especially like the way in which he folds his characters into seemingly unrelated parts of the book and thus ties them all together over time and various settings. Thanks Mr King for a really enjoyable experience. More, please?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: There is only one King !
Review: The stories in "Hearts In Atlantis" are more of horror to me then "The Shining".....because you know that the Vietnam War really happened...and Overlook Hotel came from Stephen King's mind ! These are though not stories for those who like the scary side of King's work, more for people who liked "Green Mile" and storytelling (like King did in "The Body"). I just say...ENJOY A GREAT WORK OF FICTION !


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