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| Original Title: | 'Salem's Lot |
| ISBN: | 0450031063 (ISBN13: 9780450031069) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Benjamin Mears, Susan Norton, Matt Burke, Mark Petrie, Father Donald Callahan, Mike Ryerson, Dr James Cody, Richard Throckett Straker, Danny Glick, Larry Crockett, Sonny James, Charles Boone, Loretta Starcher, Weasel Craig, Larry McLeod, Joe Crane, June Petrie, Hal Griffen, Dud Rogers, Cynthia Stowens, Buddy Bascomb, Nolly Gardener, Tookey, Miss Coogan, Royal Snow, Harriet Durham |
| Setting: | Jerusalem's Lot, Maine(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1976) |
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so i DID like this, and i don’t really have anything cool or fun to say about it for a review. but i just realized that i forgot to mention the boob euphemism of choice for this book was JAHOOBIES. i just wanted you all to know that....ok byeBe Specific About About Books Salem's Lot
| Title | : | Salem's Lot |
| Author | : | Stephen King |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 17th Impression |
| Pages | : | Pages: 483 pages |
| Published | : | 1991 by New English Library (first published October 17th 1975) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Suspense. Action. Mystery Thriller |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 312563 Users | 9217 ReviewsCriticize About Books Salem's Lot
Well this is annoying times two. I just wrote a review and lost it, and then there's the *other* issue.What other issue?Oh, the one where my 14 year old self of infinite wisdom and experience remembered a boring tale lacking truly epic blood and guts from what should be a vampire tale in a small town. If that 14 year old could have had his way, then 80% of the novel would have been excised for being too-character driven, too-focused on hundreds of characters only set up to be knocked down in
The last time I picked up a King novel, my inclination towards critical analysis of a text was still just a budding obsession. Now it is an enduring preoccupation. Try as I may, I cannot overlook the subtle slips in King's plot arrangement and characterization any more - the inevitability of women being cast in the molds of the lover or the victim of abuse or the tactless ingenue is a veritable threat to my fangirlism. (This is not to mention the tropes of the 'magical negro' and other assorted
Still the easiest 5 star book. If this was the only book ever written, I would still be considered an avid reader. No question that this is my all-time favorite book. Even got tense reading it for the 4th time.
I hate vampires. I hate them and I hate books about them. I hate the way they're romanticized and sexualized and just generally presented in modern fiction. That's why I loved this book. King doesn't shy away from the fact that vampires are creatures of horror and he presents them as such. They are vile, violent, and everywhere, and that's the way I like them.The characters pitted against them, particularly the priest, are compelling and almost too human to face the vampires. And, in the end,
Brilliant! Just Brilliant!I wasn't even born in 1975 when the book was published, yet i connected with the story and the characters. They didn't seem old fashioned and out-dated. Stephen King sure knows how to captivate the reader and scare the shit out of them in his typical way. Aptly, we had a couple of nights of thunderstorms here and suffice it to say i had to check the windows to make sure they were closed properly.
'Salem's Lot is my favorite Stephen King novel . Granted I haven't read every book he's put out . I read it the first time in the late 70's or early 80's . Ouch that was a long time ago . Overall I've reread it 4 or 5 times so it's a guilty pleasure of mine . I feel another reread coming on .
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