The Institute

This is the first Stephen King book I've read and I did so in 5 days after getting for Christmas, and all I can say is woah. I flew through this book and I didn't have to try. I genuinely read this book for hours at a time without getting tired or forcing me to go on. If King writes his others books like this I am definitely picking up a few more of his works.

The GOOD: I really liked the premise of the story. Kids with telekinetic and telepathic abilities taken away to a mysterious organisations. The entirety of the story leaves you wanting to know more and about their abilities, and the organisation, the tests, etc. You really don't want to put this book down. The character development is excellent, one of the best in any book I've read. They genuinely feel like real people changing and growing and adapting.

The MEH: The ending was good, and sad. A little bittersweet. But I didn't want it to end. I wanted to read more, find out more, know more. Being a bit nitpicky, I did find the ending slightly lackluster. Butttt, honestly only because the rest of it is so good. It's not really a bad thing, it's just, it's a story that would lend itself well to a series. I could easily seeing it going on for longer, but alas. The only weak point I felt in the book was when Frieda dobs Avery and Luke in. It was such a frustrating thing to read that their awesome plan almost got undone from something so dumb! Also Avery drawing attention to the hole under the fence when he tried to hide when the Institute honestly would not have noticed it til way later. One of the adults even tells him he should've left it alone. These two little mistakes were frustrating to read, and were a little out of place considering the context. Also, we never heard of Frieda again after she dobs them in. I would've loved a follow up on her towards the end.

The BAD: Nothing. Other than I want more!