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Summary: Five Stories - A Star for Each Worth Reading
Review: Please rename the book, "The Men Who Loved Carol Gerber" as it is about as exciting as "Tom Gordon". If you have never read King before, please select a different book, or at most read only the first story and put the book down!
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Summary: As good as it gets
Review: The master of horror, wit, humor and hair raising prickly skin, has done it again. This book captures your imagination while recalling bits and pieces from his past writings and those of whom are familiar, delve deeper into the story with the sense of "I've been here before." This is a great read and I'm glad I beat the rush and bought it a month ago.
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Summary: Parts one and five make it are excellent
Review: I thought "Low Men in Yellow Coats" was fantastic, and I liked "Heavenly Shades of Nights are Falling" too. Both were excellent and I loved reading them. However, I could have done without the thoroughly forgettable parts two, three, and four. I think what King was trying to do was interesting, to take us through several decades and follow different characters from Harwich, but after such a great start with characters like Bobby and Ted, I felt entirely let down by the middle of the book. That being said, however, I think this book is definitely worth reading. "Low Men in Yellow Coats" could stand alone as a novel, and a great one at that.
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Summary: King is a literary genius!
Review: "Hearts in Atlantis" is a must read for Stephen King fans, but it is also a book which will make fans out of those who have been hesitant to pick-up a King book for fear it will be filled with horror. If you haven't read King before - please give "Hearts in Atlantis" a try. This book is magnificantly written and intellectually challenging and is not a horror story, unless you consider the Vietnam War a story of horror. The stories will leave the reader thinking about the plots and how & why they intertwine for a long, long time. I found myself returning to the previous stories as the book moved along. It is worthy of a second read. Cleverly King brings into this book some of the plot line from the "Dark Tower" series - will the intricate plot(s) from "Hearts in Atlantis" appear in future stories?
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Summary: Sad
Review: As with all stories which deal w/VietNam, this carried the shattered lives syndrome which is so extremely sad. Thought he could have gone further with the first part of the book - GREAT story line!!! All in all, a normal S. King excellent book.
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Summary: The others made you shiver; this one makes you cry.
Review: The book is superb. The ending is magnificent. King's last paragraph ranks right up there as one of the most powerful endings in literature. Yes, literature; because Hearts in Atlantis is a beautiful, literary book. We have all known King could capture us with his narrative and make memorable characters, but this transcends all that. I actually re-read the last page five times just so I wouldn't have to close the book. Bravo!
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Summary: Not bad...not King, though
Review: *Sigh* Another disappointment. While H. in A. was a pretty good book it seemed to be just another "grown up" book of the type we've seen alot lately from King (Rose Madder, Bag of Bones). Come on, dude...where's the scary stuff? Just as I wouldn't listen to Madonna to get a dose of country western, I don't read King to have my heart strings pulled. For what it's worth though, it was his typically excellent writing.
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Summary: HEARTS GETS FIVE STARS!!!!!!
Review: King's HEARTS IN ATLANTIS is one of his better books. I've read six novels of his and this one has a great plot and awesome character development. I would recommend it to King or nonKing fans.There's another novel out there called 'THE FIST OF GOD' by A.T. Nicholas. It's a phenomenal supernatural thriller!!!!!! The plot has some cool twists and the characters are realistic. The angelic character is real awesome.
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Summary: Thouroughly Amazing
Review: I don't know how anyone could not LOVE this book. King successfully brought me into the jungle with the soldiers, back to college and, most importantly, let me revisit my own childhood. It was simply the best novel I have read in the past 5 years.
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Summary: THE KING IS on his way BACK
Review: I can't say he is totally back but I will say he is on his way and getting in the old groove. There are 5 stories total. BUT stories 2-5 hang off story 1. Story 1 being the best and the rest unfortunately, like I said, just sorta hanging there. Especially Blind Willie. Don't expect roller coaster chills and thrills or even a strong ending. I was disappointed at it's lack of hills and valleys..and a strong end but then.. .. it was still a pleasure just to be reading Stephen King's words. The man has a way with em. His imagination and ability to relate are genius. Anyway, this IS a definite step in the right direction, especially after his two previous debacles, Storm of the Century(peeU) and that The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (uck!). I didn't like Dark Tower IV either.
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