The Institute

“It came to him, with the force of a revelation, that you had to have been imprisoned to fully understand what freedom was.”

I wanted to love The Institute... for parts of the novel I really did, but the overall feeling when I finished the last page was “Meh”.

The characters build interesting relationships but you never see enough of them together to get truly invested, King has a real talent for throwing kids together and making you love them and there dynamic, The Institute didn't have that (in my opinion).

Also, the ending felt too easy. SPOILERS AHEAD.

Institutes around the world have been running for 50+ years yet Luke and his friends are the first ones to group together and combine their powers? In 50+ years no one else had that idea? I get Luke being super smart but that's not a super-smart call, its basic power in numbers.

Is The Institue worth a read? Hell yea, is it a good book? You bet it is. Is it one of King's best? Nope, not for me.

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