Those of you who sent me your address received a set of vampire teeth earlier this month. I loved seeing everyone's photos with them! Before I get to my thoughts on the book, here's just a few of our scary poses.
Salem’s Lot
By Stephen King
★★★★☆
A small town, a creepy old house, mysterious deaths, this
one hit all the right notes. The vampires felt very old school to me. There
were definitely no sparkles.
One thing I really loved about the book is that it struck
me as pretty realistic. I felt like this is probably how things would go down if
it really happened in a small town. People would be unlikely to believe the
truth even if they saw it with their own eyes. They would also have almost no
idea how to handle it. Some might know the general superstitions, but would
feel silly waving a crucifix around.
Like all of King’s novels, it’s the characters that suck
you in. He gives you just enough time to get attached to a few of them before
the bodies start to drop. The plot was scary and suspenseful, but it wasn't
gory. There were very few parts with where death was described in any detail at
all and I really appreciated that. My level for gore is very low, but it was
just scary enough to be perfect.
BOTTOM LINE: Definitely makes the list top ten of King
books for me. The Stand, The Green Mile, On Writing, and Different Seasons are
a few I liked more, but I really liked this one. It was just the right amount
of scary for me.
WRAP-UP POSTS:
Kay's Reading Life
The Friday Friends
Word Hits
Care's Online Book Club
(Leave a link in the comments to your post and I'll add you in!)
Photos by participants
10 comments:
I'll be doing my wrap-up on Halloween. I really enjoyed if after 35 years --LOL
Yes, this will go in my top faves for King, too. Here's mine: https://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/salems-lot-salemalong/
Diane - Good! I'm curious what you thought of it as a reread.
bkclubcare - Love your roller coaster description!
Thanks for linking to my post! It was just the right amount of scary for me also. (The fact that I have a cross necklace and new window locks helped. Ha!) I also appreciated the low gore (there was a lot in Under the Dome). This seemed a perfect Halloween read to me.
One of these days maybe I will brave The Stand or The Shining. Am way behind on King.
Thank you so much for organizing #SalemAlong! I also need to post a pic of my vampire teeth. ;)
I am still reading. I fell way behind but I am reading every day, just not large sections. Hope I can finish this weekend and then I will send you the link to my wrap-up post.
p.s. GORE ALERT Had a really hard time with the Career of Evil, the latest from "Robert Galbraith". So much gore and violence. Unexpected and complete veer from the first two books. Had to skip over a lot!
Thanks for linking to my post as well. And you are right about the gore factor. I don't know that I thought about it much. My tolerance is pretty high. However, sometimes, less is more and King really knows how to hit the scary button with just a few ordinary words. LOL
wordhits - I'm so glad you said something about Career of Evil. I just started it and now I'll be a little more wary of what's to come.
Ti - No hurry! Can't wait to read your thoughts.
Kay - He does! This one felt more like an old school scary movie. It's what you don't see, what you hear or feel that's the creepiest.
It really was a fun read-a-long---and you said it right---It's what you don't see, what you hear of feel that's the creepiest.
Debbie - It was so much fun, I'm so glad you joined us!
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