Helpful Score: 4
Joyland is a college-era coming of age story, at a low-tech amusement park on the beach in New England. Along with a bit of supernatural murder mystery thrown in to give some spice to the story.
And I really liked it. You know that first half of a Stephen King book that you really like because the characters are so nifty and the world is so fresh and interesting? Yeah, this book is short enough that that's all there is.
I know Stephen King seems to love to write stories that never end, and reading them really makes you feel like they never end. This is *NOT THE CASE* with Joyland. King sticks to his strength here, and actually comes up with an ending when an ending is needed, rather than wandering off into the weeds and only finishing the book with a unsatisfying conclusion when the advance money runs out.
I'm rambling. *This* is good King. Let's hope he sticks with the shorter works moving forward.
5 of 5 stars.
And I really liked it. You know that first half of a Stephen King book that you really like because the characters are so nifty and the world is so fresh and interesting? Yeah, this book is short enough that that's all there is.
I know Stephen King seems to love to write stories that never end, and reading them really makes you feel like they never end. This is *NOT THE CASE* with Joyland. King sticks to his strength here, and actually comes up with an ending when an ending is needed, rather than wandering off into the weeds and only finishing the book with a unsatisfying conclusion when the advance money runs out.
I'm rambling. *This* is good King. Let's hope he sticks with the shorter works moving forward.
5 of 5 stars.
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