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Summary: Tempus Fugit
Review: Time Flies -- it also heals -- and brings back memories long burried -- a fine collection of stories that I looked forward to finishing, but was disappointed to put behind me -- not because they were bad -- rather because I was so drawn to the world they created for me -- wonderful story telling -- wonderful stories -- highly recommended for both the Constant Reader and the reader who has never experienced Mr. King's haunting tales -- enjoy --
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Summary: King's best book since It
Review: I couldn't put this book down. I got the book on Friday night and finished it Sunday at about 4:00 a.m. This book was SO gripping and poignant and meaningful. It's just amazing how Mr. King can scare us AND bring tears of joy and sadness to our eyes (as he did here -- in a fashion somewhat similar to the story that Stand By Me was based on.) I give this book my highest praise and have already encouraged others who had been a little disappointed with Bag of Bones and Tom Gordon to read it. I'm sure they and you will be greatly impressed.
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Summary: It's all a matter of Gas
Review: Mr. King, your best stories are derivative. You read a clever idea by a less talented writer and turn it into something visual and emotional with a setting you're familiar with. After The Dark Half, you've committed to using original concepts. It doesn't work. You were doing fine before. Nothing of yours exceeds like the variation of twice-told themes we find in The Dead Zone (Simak meets Updike) The Gunslinger (Tolkein showdowns with Max Brand) even a potboiler like the Stand has incredible storytelling(Pat Frank and Tolkein send Thorton Wilder and Jim Thompson to the Rapture). It's a gift to blend these voices. Others can't do it. If you were trying for a Tim O'Brien meets Stephen King in your new book Hearts in Atlantis, well just one more ingredient and you'd have made it. Low Men in Yellow Coats is an original approach. It just doesn't get the balloon really flying. The gas is too thin, too unfamiliar. Use other people's balloon's and you can supply enough gas to keep me from writing these tepid analogies.
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Summary: TRIUMPHANT!!!!!
Review: What a great read!! SK is genuinely one of America's national treasures. I hope the literary pundits will award King with one of the major awards for this book - it truly is most deserving.This book evoked a lot of memories (good and bad). Growing up in the "sixties" was special and King has captured that extraordinary time in four interrelated stories. What was it like to be a child then; a college student on scholarship fighting to keep his military deferment? Why were we in Vietnam and what was it like to have been there? What were the long-term effects of those turbulent times? King's story about "Bobby'O", "Sully-John", Carol Gerber, Pete Riley, Skip Kirk, "Blind Willie", et al (and of course Ted), answers those questions. The stories will remain with you long after you've read the last page and have you yearning for more. King noted (paraphrasing), "there are books with great stories and those with great words and some with both". This is a book that does have both and it certainly will find a place in my collection. Thanks, Stephen, for the book and the wonderful memories.
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Summary: Incredible
Review: In my opinion, this is Mr. King's best novel in years. It started a bit slowly, and I was a little worried that it might not be a very good read. However, that turned around quickly, and I found myself completely engrossed and couldn't put the book down. Should be a classic because it's fantastic.
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Summary: This is the SK I love.
Review: I bought this book without reading reviews or summaries, and I was pleasantly surprised. I was so excited to read the first story since it ties into the Dark Tower series. The characters are well-developed and I love the way he ties them together. SK has an amazing ability to tell stories when he's not caught up in gruesome detail. I really enjoyed this one.
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Summary: Stephen King at his best.
Review: I have just finished reading this book and am pleased to say that Stephen King has captivated me again. Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five stories that blend together like one complete novel. You will not find rabid dogs, haunted Plymouths, psychotic ex-nurses, or vampires in this book. What you will find are five engrossing stories by a writer who, in my humble opinion, has still not reached his literary peak. The five stories revolve around the generation that came of age in the sixties and what became of their idealisms and dreams. Being 27 years of age, I do not understand the Vietnam era, nor will I ever truly understand it. King's book, however, brought me closer to illumination with respect to the Vietnam era than I have ever been. The title story, in particular, drew me in. It is a first person narration from a freshman college student at the University of Maine in 1966 that explains what events led him to protest the war in Vietnam. King's book puts human faces on an era that many of us are accustomed to simply studying about in history class. I have been an avid Stephen King reader since the mid-eighties and have been particularly impressed with his most recent works, such as The Green Mile, The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass, and Bag of Bones. I strongly recommend Hearts in Atlantis to anyone, as I have now added it to my list of Stephen King favorites.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I work in a bookstore and was thrilled when we got in the advance copy. I read it in two days and can honestly say that I couldn't in good conscience recommend it to anyone. The first story intrigued me with Bobby and the neighbor, but then it got into the more minor story lines and tied together way too neatly at the end. If you want a good Stephen King, read "The Shining" or "It" - "Hearts in Atlantis" falls way short.
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Summary: Awful
Review: Contains every demeaning and ignorant cliche there is about the Vietnam war and those of us who fought there. If you read this thing, please buy "Stolen Valor" and "After Tet" and read them for some balance. Mr. King, you're cordially invited to come and stay with us as my guest in Cambodia so you can see the results of the abandonment of the people of Sourtheast Asia due to the antiwar protests you find so neat and cool...you should be ashamed of what you have written.
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Summary: KING AT HIS BEST
Review: This book kept my interest from page one until sadly it ended Stephen King at his best The last book of his that I thought was even close to this was Different Seasons. I especially like that he had a character from each story in the next one if you are a King fan at all a great read
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