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I think that King went out on a huge limb here... and boy am I glad he did. This story, like the Shining, It, and the Institute before it, show the magnificent theme of "kid power" that Stephen is so good at. charlie Reade was no exception. I think that if he were a real person, I would want to get to know him, and I would probably hang out with him on a regular basis. Either way, if you want a book that's emotional as it is rivetting, then King does it again. It does have some of his normal horror, but this one gives the reader a bit of a break from that, where we see the more fantastical side of this wonderful and legendary author.

This is one of the best retellings of Jack and the Beanstalk I have read... at least that's where part of the basis comes from. then again, I could be wrong. A storyteller like King probably has a ton of tricks up his sleeve that we can't even begin to hint at.

Second book of this trilogy, now... getting good, though I wish Jan hadn't ended up being the person he was... or was I just infatuated with his sword, Bright? (that sword is gorgeous.) Maybe Senacus will actually redeem himself? And Demian... I sort of liked him?

I'm only at the beginnings of this one, and already it looks like a really good fantasy epic; great world building, unique characters and powers, I can tell you that.

One of the most emotional books I've read this year. Shines a light on one of the worst times in fairly modern American history, that's for sure. but it's King's writing, through and through.

This book is a great effort in teaching a fun language, and even though I'm not actually planning on finishing, I give them five stars for effort. The issue, and it's the only issue I had with it is the format I got; all of the code examples are done via graphics, which isn't good for somebody who is visually impaired trying to learn.

This is an older edition of this book; I'm actually reading the 2020 edition, but haven't figured out how to update the info on here.