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Laddar... The Institute: A Novel (utgåvan 2020)av Stephen King (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Started out well. I immediately got to like the character we are introduced to in chapter one. An ex-cop down on his luck finds a job as a night knocker in a small town. King is a great writer and this very first character we meet is very believable. The location, that tiny town has that southern flair we love so much. So, I nodded to myself in affirmation of the promise of a great novel to enjoy. Stage is set - let the games begin. However, once King moves off onto the following chapters, I find that promise broken. All that I found so intriguing and promising gets brushed under the carpet (we realize the ex-cop isn’t the main character and no more of that town I loved). Another character is introduced to us, a boy genius that i don’t find to be a well-rounded character at all, and to add insult to injury is just not believable at all. At that point my suspicions we fully aroused, and I had them fully confirmed with the additional introduction, in chapter three, of a band of super-intelligent kids with psycho kinetic abilities. It then became clear that I had before me just another X-man novel in disguise and it pains me to say, I gave up. Sorry, and this is certainly not the writers fault, but I just can’t abide another novel with the theme - boy and/or girl geniuses with or without outlandish special abilities band together against the unfeeling, hard-ass baddies. The scenario is just so used up and by now has become so very predictable. King produced just another X-man-Hunger games-Maze runner amalgam that, let’s be honest, has been milked for all it is worth, and now it ain’t worth a dime no more, in my book that is. Sorry King, no cigar this time around. ( ) I read this for the "A Stephen King Novel" part of my 2020 reading challenge. I knew I didn't want anything too scary, and this was the perfect book to choose. I really enjoyed the characters and the plot was very easy to follow. I didn't love the ending, but everything still wrapped up nicely and overall it felt complete. [b:The Institute|43798285|The Institute|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549241208l/43798285._SY75_.jpg|68147322] Still One of My Greats I have to tell you I am the biggest Stephen King fan but if you read my reviews regularly you know that right. King writes so well about the innocence of kids. He also writes at his best when the subject is pure evil. Think about what “IT” is all about. When you take pure evil and innocent kids and you slap them together and you have the magic of The Institute. The book starts in a simple little town where a cop passing through takes a job as a night knocker. There's a kid, a really smart kid, who's 12 years old and getting ready to attend MIT because he's, you know, special. That's the setting. From there it gets chilling. Even without ghosts, or vampires or outer space boogie men. The child, Luke, is taken in the middle of the night. His folks are murdered. He wakes up at The Institute in Maine in a room that's just like his - almost. There are other kids there and he gets the skinny from a young girl in the hallway, seemingly smoking a cigarette. She tells him that they "do stuff" to the kids, injections-flickering lights-dunking, but at least they're in the Front Half. You don't want to go to the Back Half. No, that's like the roach motel. Kids go in and don't ever come out. To say this is a character study of the people throughout history who have told themselves that the horrible, hideous, atrocious things they do are for a "higher good". This book is King at his best. It's tense and I found myself ill at ease throughout the 500 plus pages. But it's good. A good story, good writing, and yeah, sure, it's relevant in the America of today and about our choices. This is going to be one of those books that I rotate through at least once a year. Five stars all the way. I never know where a novel by Stephen King is going to take me and that’s what I love about his story telling talent. In The Institute, readers first meet Tim Jamieson, a cop who is relocating to Dupray, South Carolina to escape a tragic life event. Next, we meet Luke Ellis, an amazingly intelligent young boy with a special gift. Luke’s parents are murdered in the middle of the night by a special operations team, and Luke is taken to The Institute. There, Luke meets other kids who also have special gifts of telekinesis and telepathy. At The Institute, the kids are tested regarding their abilities and treated with tokens if they cooperate. For those who choose not to cooperate, they receive severe punishments. They begin their time in Front Half, and once they are moved to Back Half…well, no one really knows for sure, but it’s a place all of the kids fear. As soon as Luke arrives in Front Half, he knows this isn’t a place he wants to stay. King introduces fascinating concepts that made my skin prickle. He introduces theories I hope stay in the realm of fiction. The story is suspenseful; the last 100 pages were intense. I couldn’t stop reading until I finished the book. I picked up on nods from King’s previous works: Firestarter, The Outsider, and Salem’s Lot. I also noticed the character, George Iles, which must be a tip of the hat to another author King is friends. And an author I also thoroughly enjoy. The Institute is an excellent book. When I look at it on my bookshelf, I will fondly remember the characters and how much I enjoyed my time with them. 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Luke Ellis har alltid vetat att han speciell. Det inte bara hans extrema beging, det ocksen mliga prkan han har pin omgivning varje g han blir riktigt uppr Det han inte vet att nn haft en ponom och hans talang le. En natt blir han kidnappad och flugen till en plats beln djupt inne i skogarna i Maine: Institutet. Dutnyttjas barn med ovanliga fgor som brickor i ett farligt globalt spel. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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