Graham

You don’t really know what’s going on when you start Piranesi, but in a wonderfully mysterious way. I really enjoyed the morphine drip of information this book gives, slowly revealing what’s actually going on while also introducing several new questions every few pages. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the journal-entry writing style and how charmed I was by the main character.

This was my first SK book. Truly incredible, I couldn’t put it down. I thought I was reading a time travel book but the sci-fi elements turned out to be merely a backdrop for a wonderful exploration of the rich relationships the main character builds along the way. I didn’t expect to have such an emotional response to this book, but was devastated to finish this story and no longer get to spend time with King’s characters.

Carrie was only my second King book so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

Carrie is a fascinating story that really shows off King’s ability to give you a sense for how a character thinks and acts. I was not a huge fan of the interspersed article clippings and interviews, but they did provide some interesting points of view. I much preferred the sections of the story that focused on one character’s perspective (especially Carrie’s).

There isn’t much mystery to this novel (especially considering its place in pop culture), but the moments you know are coming are still tense and I found the end to contain some of the most interesting details in the entire book - specifically surrounding Carrie and Sue Snell’s interactions.

I found Carrie to be less gripping than I expected (having been unable to put 11/22/63 down), but it’s a fairly short entry so it still went by quick.