Revival (Thorndike Press Large Pring Basic)
by:
Stephen King (author)
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author In a small New England town over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see Reverend Charles Jacobs who, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. Everyone loves them....
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A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author In a small New England town over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see Reverend Charles Jacobs who, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. Everyone loves them. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the town.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781410473837 (141047383X)
ASIN: 141047383X
Publish date: 2014-11-11
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 599
Edition language: English
In one way, at least, our lives really are like movies. - first sentence During the first three-quarters of this book, we get to know the characters, especially Jamie. I was constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. Reverend Jacobs is obsessed with electricity; okay, but what's going to happ...
“Lightning had smashed the lock on a door that was never supposed to be opened, and Mother came through.” Revival is now my favorite Stephen King novel. Yup, forget The Dead Zone. Needful Things? What’s that? This is King’s masterwork: an indelible stroke of genius, this taut and horrifying novel ...
I am a newbie when it comes to Stephen King books. Only having read a few (and only recently), I am still finding my way through his works and my opinions have been varied. With Revival, I had this feeling of recognition as if I had read a similar story before, but couldn’t place it. The pacing was ...
What to say, what to say. This entire book was awesome. There were some minor flow/logic issues here and there, but not enough for me to remove any stars from the review. Told over decades, Revival, follows Jamie Morton from the time he was a small boy to when he is a 50 plus year old man telling ab...
3.5I just didn't enjoy the horror this time around. I enjoyed Jamie's story more than anything.
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