The Institute

I enjoyed listening to the audio version of this book. The concept was interesting, as most of Stephen King's works are, but felt that there were two main issues I couldn't overlook (SLIGHT SPOILER):

1) Stephen King's political beliefs bleeding on to the pages of his work. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but one of my pet peeves is when an author tries to push his opinions and beliefs on to unsuspecting audiences. If it's part of the story, a core part, then fine. However, this was not, and was a shallow attempt at taking digs at a specific individual/party.

2) Needless loss of life at the end. I get that they were kids, but the situation was such that I feel certain lives did NOT need to be lost, regardless of the mental maturity of the individuals with the capability of stopping the loss of life.

You could argue that those two issues shouldn't color my opinion of the whole book, but it's my review, so deal with it :)